FileSetAttrib problem

[ffdshow]

Why the next code doesn't work:

$attrib = FileGetAttrib(@HomeDrive & "\file")
$len = StringLen($attrib)
$split = StringSplit($attrib, "")
For $i = 1 To $len
    FileSetAttrib(@HomeDrive & "\file", '"-' & $split[$i] & '"')
Next

Attributes is not removed.

Edited April 14, 2009 by ffdshow

[DaRam]

You want to remove all attributes set right?

You do not need to iterate through each attribute Just use this:

$attrib = FileGetAttrib(@HomeDrive & "\file")
FileSetAttrib(@HomeDrive & "\file", "-" & $attrib)

If you do not care about what attributes are already set and just want to remove all then

FileSetAttrib(@HomeDrive & "\file", "-RASHNOT")

Edit: You cannot set the D (DIRECTORY) AND C (COMPRESSED) Atttributes, so the first method could fail if applied to a file with these attributes set.

Edited April 14, 2009 by DaRam

[ffdshow]

If you do not care about what attributes are already set and just want to remove all then

I want to add some lines to the end of that file and then to restore all attributes.

[zorphnog]

$sOrigAttrib = FileGetAttrib(@HomeDrive & "\file")
FileSetAttrib(@HomeDrive & "\file", "-RASHNOT")
; do something to file
FileSetAttrib(@HomeDrive & "\file", "+" & $sOrigAttrib)