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    From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 18 20:07:12 2020
    I have a bat file called sysed which sets attrib to edit config.sys then resets. But I accidentally didn't timpe the file name and it reset the whole drive. So I set the whoe drive to unprotect. Is there anything I need to set
    to protect in particular?

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  • From Auric__@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 18 21:26:04 2020
    vjp2.at wrote:

    I have a bat file called sysed which sets attrib to edit config.sys then resets. But I accidentally didn't timpe the file name and it reset the
    whole drive. So I set the whoe drive to unprotect. Is there anything I
    need to set to protect in particular?

    Also posted in alt.msdos.batch and alt.msdos.batch.nt.

    Please don't multi-post (which is posting the same message to multiple
    groups, one at a time). Instead, crosspost (posting the message once, to multiple groups at the same time). You crossposted to the groups I mentioned above; why didn't you include this group as well? (And yes, I know you posted there an hour after here.)

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  • From R.Wieser@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 19 08:23:31 2020
    vjp2,

    But I accidentally didn't timpe the file name and it reset the
    whole drive

    No, you didn't. Just all files in whatever folder you where in when you ran that ATTRIB command (read: might not have changed any file).

    Is there anything I need to set to protect in particular?

    Need ? Under DOS ? No. And that includes your config.sys. Doesn't
    mean its not a good idea to do it though.

    Regards,
    Rudy Wieser

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