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Sets the read-only property of the file to true
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#region License and Copyright
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#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;
namespace Dotnet.Commons.IO
{
///
/// <summary>
/// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
///
/// <h3>File-related methods</h3>
/// There are methods to
/// <list type="bullet">
/// <item>copy a file to another file,</item>
/// <item>compare the content of 2 files,</item>
/// <item>delete files using the wildcard character,</item>
/// <item>etc</item>
/// </list>
/// </summary>
///
public sealed class FileUtils
{
/// ---------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Sets the read-only property of the file to true.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="file">The abstract path name of the file to modify</param>
/// ---------------------------------------------------------------
public static bool SetReadOnly(FileInfo file)
{
try
{
file.Attributes = file.Attributes | FileAttributes.ReadOnly;
return true;
}
catch (System.Exception exception)
{
String exceptionMessage = exception.Message;
return false;
}
}
}
}
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