Dealing with Read Only files

When you copy a group of files from a CD to the Palmtop, you'll find that all of the files have their Read Only attribute set. This may cause problems if an executable file in the group needs to update one of its support files. The Read Only attribute will also prevent you from deleting individual files.

To remove ALL file attributes, including the Read Only attribute, from files in a directory and in subdirectories beneath the that one, start Filer and point at the directory where the Read Only files are located. Then press Enter, Menu, Options, DOS to get to the DOS prompt. Type the command D:\DOS\ATTRIB, /s (the comma after ATTRIB is necessary) and press ENTER. The file attributes for all the files will be turned off. The "/s" command-line switch will execute the ATTRIB command on all the files in the subdirectories. Finally, type EXIT and press ENTER to return to Filer.