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Re: Mpe: Restore storecat.pub.sys
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:10:15 -0700
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A followup note on my XCLOSE approach ...

STORECAT.PUB.SYS is protected in two manners, sigh.

It's open, and it's marked "PROTECTED" (a rarely used flag in a file label).

The XCLOSE utility can close the file (I tested it :), but that leaves
the file still PROTECTED ... which prevents both renaming and purging.

The DeFrag/iX product has an ALTFILE command that can unprotect a file.
Allegro also has an internal utility to unprotect a file (our free XMONOFF 
will at least report the PROTECTED flag, if it's on, but it won't remove it).
I don't know of any other utilities that can unprotect a file.

Once closed and unprotected, *then* the file can be deleted/moved.

Stan

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