"Path/File Access Error" with MS-DOS Editor (80492)



The information in this article applies to:
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22

This article was previously published under Q80492

SYMPTOMS

If you are using MS-DOS Editor and you try to save a read-only file, the following error message will be displayed:

Path/File access error

CAUSE

You cannot save changes to a read-only file using the current filename. To save changes, save the file under another filename.

Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 5/12/2003
Keywords: KB80492