Hello all!

I've tried a few methods of trying to set file attributes, but the result is always the same:

Argument "READONLY" isn't numeric

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I've tried setting the value in the following manners:

Method 1:

# get current file attributes
Win32::File::GetAttributes($file, my $attr);
# set file attributes to allow editing
$attr |= READONLY;
Win32::File::SetAttributes($file, $attr);

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Method 2: 
my $setReadOnlyAttribute = READONLY;
# set file attributes to allow editing
Win32::File::SetAttributes($file, $setReadOnlyAttribute);

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The $file value contains the path and filename. It appears obvious that the problem is the READONLY value, but I don't see how else to set this. I've searched but haven't been able to come up with anyone having the same problem. I thought perhaps READONLY was incorrectly defined, so have also tried other values such as NORMAL, and HIDDEN, but I have the same issue.

Thanks for any insight!

In reply to Win32::File::SetAttributes not numeric? by mcarthey

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