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Hi -

Is it possible to transfer file attributes such as read-only flag via ftp or such to a local directory.

I'm finding that when I transfer a read-only file it loses its setting when it arrives.

Thanks!

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If you're using SFTP then you can use the SecureFTPConnection.ChangeMode method to set the permissions of files on the server. For example, the following will set read-only permissions for the owner of a file:

ftpConnection.ChangeMode("0400", "/remote/file/path");
by (110 points)
Thank you for responding - that's not quite what I'm trying to do however.

Say the file on the server has its read-only flag set there, is it possible to maintain that value once it is transferred to a local machine?

Thanks
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If you are referring to a file on the server being read only, I assume you mean the current logged in user has only read permission and not write permission (and not the Windows-specific 'read-only' flag).

If you want to replicate this on the local file after downloading, you'll need to use System.Security.AccessControl after transferring the file to set its access rules.

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