On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
Well, that's what BP does. It's funny -- when GPC behaves ... 2). In GPC, it's the same now...
I think it's for not wanting to change existing code <grin>
Well, I tried it with BP 7.0 and the current GPC, and it does work ... GPC for me). If there are other problems, tell me which ones.
Doh! NOW I see what I did wrong :}
pointed out, it also loses information about file ownership, permissions etc. (maybe not applicable under Dos).
You do have a point there. Under DOS tho, there's no attributes that can be lost or gained (except for MAYBE Windows NT, I doubt OS/2's DOS would cause any loss of information either).
Kevin A. Foss wrote:
If you want (non-extended) standard Pascal, you'll have to do this on ... it would be portable, but it has always been a pain with Pascal.
Thanks for the tip Kevin! I think I'd rather stick with the FileExist method tho :} Thanks Frank!
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