Changing File Attributes

I have a folder that was created in Windows XP and it was given the "hidden" option. I would like to remove the hidden attribute of this folder but am unable to find a way to do it in Finder. Can anyone offer instructions on how to change the hidden attribute?

is this file on a windows formatted drive? if so you can only do it from windows.

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HT2470 allow user full rights ie save files in any location, change file attributes etc - how, where?

how and where do I give my user full rights ie to save files in any location, change file attributed(from read only ) etc

The simplest way is with the chmod Terminal command.
Warning: unless you know exactly what you are doing, you are almost certain to break something with indiscriminate use of this command. Make sure at least your data files are backed up (& ideally in offline storage) before you experiment with this command, & note that you can mess things up enough that you will have to reinstall the OS to recover.

CF9/10: Change file attributes

Hello, everyone,
Is there a way to change the attributes of a .txt file that already exists?
For example: I use CFFILE to write a .txt file that is blank, and supply the "readOnly" attribute. Later, I want to dynamically add data to the file. How do I set the .txt file to NOT readOnly so I can add data? And, conversely, how do I set the attribute back to readOnly?
V/r,
^_^

An example on Windows, using 3 steps:
<cfset path_to_directory="C:\Users\BKBK\Desktop">

<cffile action="write" attributes="readonly" file="#path_to_directory#\testFile.txt" output="">

<cffile action="rename" attributes="normal" source="#path_to_directory#\testFile.txt" destination="#path_to_directory#\testFile.txt">

<cffile action="write" attributes="readonly" file="#path_to_directory#\testFile.txt" output="Some text">
Done!

Is it possibly to change file attributes for files in the Program Files directory?

Hi,
I wonder if it is possible to change file time atributes for a file that is in the same folder as the exe file inside the Program File folder. I have the following code that gives System Error Code 5.
SHGetFolderPath(0, CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES, 0, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, programpath);
PathAppend (programpath, TEXT("Testprogram/gnsh.dat"));
hFile = CreateFile(programpath, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
If this had worked, I would for instance have done like this
GetSystemTime(&st); SystemTimeToFileTime(&st, &ft);
timeresult = SetFileTime(hFile2, NULL, NULL, &ft);
I am programming in C with WIndows Api.
Thanks in advance for answer.
Best regards

Hi Vahmat,
System error code 5 :
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
5 (0x5)
Access is denied.
I have tested your code on my side, it will get a error code 5 if you have no permission to access a file. Please try to run VS as a administrator and rebuild your project, after this , you code works well on my side.
Best regards,
Shu Hu
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Off Topic: Change File Attributes (date)

Hi All,
Sorry this is off topic but I need a quick fix. I need to
change the date stamp on a set of files within a directory. Anyone
know a quick trick? Just need to mark all files with today's date.
We are restricted on freeware and shareware on site, so would
rather do this without downloading third party software.
thanks
Craig

Yeah I could do with a fix too, it's that sort of a day!
You are old enough and ugly enough to remember DOS. I think
you could change it there. In Windows I think you are restricted to
using third party software. I have a good programme. Want to drop
by here lunchtime with all the files on a memory stick?

Question about changing file attributes

Hello,
My application brings a support file and it copies it to another directory. Then I should make that file hidden but I cannot find a function how to do it. I guess LV doesn't have that possibility in its functions. Any pointer to a Windows component?
Thanks,
Marce

Marce wrote:
... I should make that file hidden but I cannot find a function how to do it. I guess LV doesn't have that possibility in its functions. Any pointer to a Windows component?
You may want to take a look at Shaun Rumball's windows_api_1.0.llb. The link to his website seems to have died, but it's been posted in this forum a lot including here.
Try GetFileAttributes.vi and SetFileAttributes.vi.
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Changing Unix file attributes in target host

Hello,
I need to transmit a file from a SAP server to a target host in Unix.
Actually the transmission is OK. I'm using the SAPFTP program.
Now, my problem is that in the new file on the target system (in Unix) I need to change the file permissons to 777.
The FM FTP_COMMAND doesn't work because the command chmod is not available through ftp. If I use this, I receipt the message "502 SITE command is not implemented".
Somebody have another idea to change the Unix file attributes in a remote way from ABAP?
Best regards!

Hi Roberto,
Look at the below BLOG, this explaines about the Commands which we use in FTP ..
/people/thomas.jung3/blog/2004/11/15/performing-ftp-commands-from-abap
Regards
Sudheer

How to change the attributes of an XML file

hi peeps 'ope you can help me here i need to change the attributes of an xml file, i parse it first using a DOM parser but i cant find a way to change the attributes in the XML file, setAttribute() works only at runtime and doesn't change the attribute in the file itself. I can't find a method that will answer my question. I've searched through the forum and found similar threads....they say in order to write and change the attribute i must use the write() method of the XmlDocument class defined in com.sun.xml.tree.XmlDocument. But, i found another thread, and it says that com.sun.xml.tree.XmlDocument is not safe to use and i should use org.apache.crimson.tree.XmlDocument.....i can't find the XmlDocument class and the API for this package so i really dont know where to start...hope you guys can help me! thnx

thanks for responding roland....i already found the solution...i didn't use the XmlDocument class because i can't find any documents about it except for JAXP 1.0 here is my code snippet...i used the TransformerFactory and Transformer class to write
import org.w3c.dom.*;
import org.w3c.dom.traversal.*;
import javax.xml.parsers.*;
import javax.xml.transform.*;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.*;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.*;
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n1 = (Node)doc.getDocumentElement();
e1 = (Element) n1;
NodeList nodeList = doc.getElementsByTagName ("File");
//just insert whatever you want to do with the XML...parse it..set/change the attribute..etc....sample snippet below changes the attribute downloaded to "no"
for(int iWriteFailed = 0; iWriteFailed <nodeList.getLength() ; iWriteFailed ++){
n2 = nodeList.item(iWriteFailed);
e2 = (Element) n2;
e2.setAttribute("downloaded", "no");}
try{
TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
transformer.transform(new DOMSource(doc), new StreamResult ( new FileOutputStream ( fileGetFile) ) );}
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Crystal Reports XI Pro About 25% of DLL File attributes changed on install

Post Author: sakelly
CA Forum: Deployment
I am having problems preparing an installation of Crystal Reports XI Pro in a Sanctuary Application Controlled environment where the unique file hashes of DLLs and EXEs need to be recorded and pre-authorised before they can execute. This is because when Crystal Reports XI Pro installs it changes the content of a large number of dlls (for examples chartui.dll and CEReportSource.dll) which all have new file create and modify dates. Hence the file hashes of a previous installation which are authorised for use are different and the application fails to run.Are these changes necessary? It is quite rare to see any application change files this way (sometimes except for licensing reasons).Is there anyway of customising the install to stop the files from changing on install?Will it be safe to overwrite files that are installed with previously installed files (which have been authorised?) I've done some basic testing and it appears ok but a lot of these files are only accessed when producing reports.Thanks,Shaun KellyFurther details on Sanctuary product http://www.lumension.com/Sanctuary_AC_Endpoint_Security.jsp?rpMenuId=118466

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Error: 2330. Error getting file attributes: C:\Program Files (x86)\adobe\reader 9.0\reader\amt. GetL

Hi!
I got this error while trying to uninstall my Adobe Reader MUI 9.5.4.: "Error: 2330. Error getting file attributes: C:\Program Files (x86)\adobe\reader 9.0\reader\amt. GetLastError: 117". The message pops after a long long while.
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I ran TDSSKiller and nothing was found abnormal.
I checked the registry and everything seems fine.
I tried to repair/change the current Adobe Reader version and nothing happens.
I tried to install a newer version of Adobe reader but the installer freezes at 96%.
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Windows file attributes not preserved

Hi,
When Windows(XP) clients connect to file shares (from a 10.4.7 server) and open the Properties dialog for a file, they are able to set the various Attributes (Read-only, Hidden, Archive).
However, on re-opening the Properties dialog, they find that the attribute settings they have made have not been preserved. (ie. All attributes checkboxes are unchecked.)
Does anybody know if there are any settings I need to change on the server to enable support for Windows file attributes?
Thanks in advance,
Rob.
Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I'm
Forgot to look there. It works nice. It is a little slower then NI's version, but does what I want. Is NI planning on updating their ZIP API's?
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File attributes problem in sFTP folder

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We are doing a Synchronous process (File - RFC - File). When the input file is placed in the input folder of sFTP location it is with the permission rw-r-r. We are not able to process this file. It is not able to pick up the file.
We are only able to process the file through PI which atleast has the permission rw-rw-r.
is there anyway that PI can go and change the attributes of the file before it starts the processing.

Are you using third party adapter or any specific settings for accessing this sFTP folder? The standard PI File adapter cannot make sFTP connection directly.
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Changing Marketing attribute in BP Master

Hello
Can anybody tell me if we can change marketing attribute already maintained in BP Master details.
Is it possible to go for mass change of a particular attribute like through loading an excel file having list of all BPs.
I cannot do it by creating Target group as it will list all the BPs with that particular Attribute i want to change.
I need to do it for around 500 BP master( not all BPs having that attribute) so cannot manually change it.

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Dynamically Changing Location Attributes

Hi All,
Has anyone ever successfully set up a BefConsolidate event script with a dynamically changing location attribute. The FDM Admin manual says you can do this:
RES.PblnValEntGroupOverride=True
RES.PstrValEntGroup=”MyNewEntityGroup”
It does not work for me when I sub in a new Validation Entity Group. Has anyone had luck with this? See my actual code below. The new validation group name is 281.
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Hello,
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FCP 6 to FCP 7 FILE ATTRIBUTE MISMATCH

I'm working on a project with a friend who has Final Cut Pro 6 and we took the project and media files from his computer, put it on a drive and put them onto my computer which has Final Cut Pro 7. Everything works, HOWEVER I get a "File Attribute Mismatch" stating that the attributes differ from the original *Media Start and End*. Do we have to do something else when taking them off of his computer or do I need to change my timeline settings to match his or something? I'm not really sure. Thanks.

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