What he means is what does attrib do on a linux box? It should only excecute on a windows box and on no other OS. (unless supported). The goal is (as much as possible) to keep buildfiles platform independend and OS specific implementations should (at least I think that's what is happening now) ignored.
Mvgr, Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: J�r�me Lacoste [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 6:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Reminder: [SUBMIT] Attr, a chmod equivalent for Windows > > > > Yes, I know that :-). I'm going through my list. What will > happen if this > > is run on Unix. What does it do? > > It calls the Windows 'Attrib' program equivalent to 'chmod' on Unix. > > We had a thread on it just before it was submitted. (It was submitted by > somebody else, somebody proposed a change, I implemented it) > > > Here's Attrib help on Windows 2000. > ----------------------------------- > Displays or changes file attributes. > > ATTRIB [+R | -R] [+A | -A ] [+S | -S] [+H | -H] [[drive:] [path] filename] > [/S [/D]] > > + Sets an attribute. > - Clears an attribute. > R Read-only file attribute. > A Archive file attribute. > S System file attribute. > H Hidden file attribute. > /S Processes matching files in the current folder > and all subfolders. > /D Processes folders as well. > >
