Is there a standard API method call that can change a File attribute from read-only to read-write status? (Windows or Unix?) Obviously the setReadOnly method within java.io.File does not "toggle" the status ... why isn't there a setReadWrite() method or better yet, a setReadStatus(char status) method that would take a character argument to represent read-only, read-write, hidden, etc. I can only think of two ways to rename a read-only file and both are messy - Read it into memory (or create a temp file), delete the original, and rewrite ... Or - call a command shell script Does anyone have any better ideas? Many than   More>>