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Changing file attributes - 1/25/2006 1:43:08 AM

crazymatt

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I've just made a script that changes (switches between archive and hidden attrib) attributes on a file (if the file dont exsist it creates it).

Well the script works ok, but i cant seem to keep the old attribute, neither can i set more than one attribute.

I've tried the following code instead of [System.IO.File]::SetAttributes($path, [System.IO.FileAttributes]::Hidden):
[System.IO.File]::SetAttributes($path, [System.IO.File]::GetAttributes($path) -and [System.IO.FileAttributes]::Hidden)
but that gets me an error, so does
[System.IO.File]::SetAttributes($path, [System.IO.FileAttributes]::Archive -and [System.IO.FileAttributes]::Hidden)
and
[System.IO.File]::SetAttributes($path, [System.IO.FileAttributes]::Archive,Hidden

Since i dont have a clue how to program .Net or Msh i dont know what im doing wrong or how make it work the way i want. Any help is appricated :D

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RE: Changing file attributes - 1/25/2006 4:53:50 AM

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Does this do what you want?

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RE: Changing file attributes - 1/25/2006 7:49:56 PM

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Nope, that just seems to do what my script does.
And this code "$out | out-file $path" gives me an error. Edit: It only generates an error when the file is hidden.

Both ur and my script just switches between the Archive and Hidden attrib.
I dont want Archive to be removed, so the two modes should be "Archive" or "Archive AND Hidden".
And preferebly i dont want to specify the Archive bit i just want it to add the Hidden flag, not replace the previous one/ones.

So what i want i more or less be able to check the previos flags and then add/remove just the "Hidden" flag.

This line was an effort to do that: [System.IO.File]::SetAttributes($path, [System.IO.File]::GetAttributes($path) -and [System.IO.FileAttributes]::Hidden)
But it dont work :)

< Message edited by crazymatt -- 1/25/2006 8:43:49 PM >

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RE: Changing file attributes - 1/26/2006 2:36:26 AM

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Hmm...that code works for me. It doesn't do exactly what you wnated because I didn't completely understand the result you wanted, but it does run without erors. I'll try to poke around in it some more. If you get a chance, post the error you are getting.

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