Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 18:51:54 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Waldemar Schultz wrote:

> I misinterpreted the sentence about
> directory and volume attributes in info alfa libc _chmod:
>                                                           Note that the
> directory and volume attribute bits must always be 0 when `_chmod()' is
> called with FUNC = 1, or else the call will fail.

That just means that DOS doesn't allow you to change a file into a 
directory or a volume label, or vice versa.