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Hi.

How can I verify if a given directory is read-only in C# ? I tried it using this approach:

DirectoryInfo d = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Test");
if (d.Attributes == FileAttributes.ReadOnly)
// do something

But it doesn't works, even if I set manually (in Windows) the directory to read-only. The attribute is always 'Directory'.
One way of doing that is trying to create a subdirectory (with d.CreateSubdirectory) wrapped by try/catch statements, and catching an eventual UnauthorizedAccessException, but I don't think it's a good practice.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks in advance.
Feb 8 '08 #1
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Plater
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Read only for who?
Unless you set the readonly attribute with "attrib", it only makes a special rule based on the windows user.
For that, you should probably get the ACL for it and look through those.
Feb 8 '08 #2

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