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by elaurea

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Is it possible to restrict a file extension (.ZIP,.JPG,.EXE,etc) from copying to the directory? Is there a utility or DOS command we can use do achieve this?

Thanks in advance.

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by dan.richardson

I'm using win2k, I suspect the answer might lie in the dos command "cacls"
Good Luck,
Dan.

C:\>cacls
Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files

CACLS filename [/T] [/E] [/C] [/G user:perm] [/R user [...]]
[/P user:perm [...]] [/D user [...]]
filename Displays ACLs.
/T Changes ACLs of specified files in
the current directory and all subdirectories.
/E Edit ACL instead of replacing it.
/C Continue on access denied errors.
/G user:perm Grant specified user access rights.
Perm can be: R Read
W Write
C Change (write)
F Full control
/R user Revoke specified user's access rights (only vali
/P user:perm Replace specified user's access rights.
Perm can be: N None
R Read
W Write
C Change (write)
F Full control
/D user Deny specified user access.
Wildcards can be used to specify more that one file in a command.
You can specify more than one user in a command.

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