File(s) marked read only?

Robert Baer <[email protected]> Sun, 22 Aug 2021 00:36:15 -0700
Newsgroups alt.computer
Organization theCubeNet - www.thecubenet.com
Message-ID <[email protected]>
   Properties of file has ReadOnly checked; a Directory does NOT show 
the attribute.
   And..any program can write to it...

   Just stumbled into this.
   So what good are attribute (bits) if ignored?

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