Good to know. It seems like it might be useful, but I can not figure
out why in a 4D environment. I suppose I am just being dense

Regards
Chuck

On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 12:04 PM Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
<4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>
> On a Mac from the UI you *can* lock a folder.
>
> The lock restricts the folder during deletion (a warning message is
> presented), and this stops the folder from being written into.
> For a PC the equivalent would be Read only.
>
> NOTE:
> This is an **excellent** way to restrict browsers data storage.
> Locate the cookies, history and/or any other folder you wish to
> restrict.
> Clear the contents.
> Lock it.
>
> The browser will work as normal - BUT - it can not write anything to
> those folder(s)
> no cookies saved, no history (if you want) saved, etc etc etc
>
> Chip
>
> On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 11:20:44 -0400, Chuck Miller via 4D_Tech wrote:
> > What do you mean by locked. Locked means the file is in use by
> > another application/ process.  Do you really mean permission?
> >
> > I do not think you can lock a folder like a file except if you use
> > permissions.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Chuck
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> >> On Sep 3, 2019, at 8:39 AM, Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
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> >>>
> >>> The parameters “locked” and “invisible” are of special interest.
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