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writeini & remini bypass read-only #270766 20/09/22 08:06 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 33 M mruno OP Ameglian cow
OP mruno Ameglian cow M Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 33	In mirc 7.69, /writeini and /remini, both write to files which are set to read-only. If this is by design, recommend documentation to be updated. Reproduce this by creating a file (test.ini) and setting it to read-only writeini test.ini test 123 and remini test.ini test both will edit the file and unset the file from read-only Last edited by mruno; 20/09/22 08:12 PM.

Re: writeini & remini bypass read-only mruno #270767 21/09/22 08:18 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,420 London, UK Khaled Hoopy frood
Khaled Hoopy frood Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,420 London, UK	Thanks for your bug report. This is by design. This behaviour has been in place for INI file handling for about twenty years. If I recall correctly, at the time, there were situations were users were copying/installing mIRC, either from CD-ROMs or other media, and the INI files were being set as read-only, which prevented mIRC from working correctly, so the INI file routines were specifically changed to handle this.

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