[NTLUG:Discuss] how do I get a list of files that are set read-only?

[Steve Baker]

Merlin wrote:

>>Try doing *THAT* in Windoze!  (I guess you go out and spend $200
>>on Norton-write-protection-unscrew-up or something)
>>
> 
> Actually, I've had to do that in Windoze before, and, as a non-sequitor, how I 
> did it was load the two dir listings into separate spreadsheets, write a 
> function in another column that compared the files flagging those I was looking 
> for.  Then, I filterd based on that column and copy and pasted to another 
> spreadsheet.  I then wrote a VBA module that processed the spreadsheet and 
> created a batch file to do what I needed to.  Then all I had to do was execute 
> the batch file.

Well - yeah - if you're going to write programs to do it...but with only
the tools provided, I think it would be pretty tricky.

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