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Created: 2001-08-10 12:00:00
Modified: 2011-12-10 09:20:22
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GetFileAttributes
GetLastError

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By the way, this routine can very accurately test an access to a directory. Check the DirectoryExists function in your framework.

Not only the directory accessibility, but this function returns ReadOnly status.

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