At 05:53 PM 5/7/99 , Mick Fitzpatrick wrote:
>Hello
>
>I have found that when I burn any files onto CD that the file attribute
>changes and becomes 'read only' ... it really came to light when I put my
>web site onto CD prior to a format of my HD. After the format I put the
>website back onto my harddrive to find that every file had been converted to
>'read only' ... I had to manually change each attribute so that I could work
>on the site!!!
>
>Is there an easier way to change the many files (over 1000 in different
>folders) so that I can edit them after taking them off the CD??
>
>Also, what should the attribues be for a nomal file?

After you have copied your files back to your hard drive, open a DOS
window.  Then change the prompt to the directory when you have
copied your files as in:  c:\myfiles

Use the ATTRIB function to change your file attributes, (turn off the
read only property), as follows:

attrib -r *.* /s

This will turn off the read only property to all the files in the directory.  The
" /s "  switch on the end will carry the process to all the subdirectories below
in your current directory.   This is a very fast process and common to copying
files from a CD disk.

                Bob Wright
       The NOSPIN Group, Inc
http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org

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