+#!/bin/bash
+# dos_perm: whacks a directory with the most open set of permissions
+# available to the dos/windoze attrib command.
+
+folder="$1"; shift
+
+if [ -z "$folder" ]; then
+ echo "This program requires a folder to set the permissions on. That folder and all"
+ echo "files in it will be opened up to as full a permission level as DOS's attrib"
+ echo "command is capable of."
+ exit 3
+fi
+
+folder="${folder}/" # add a slash to ensure there's at least one after drive letters.
+
+dos_folder=$(echo $folder | sed -e 's/\/\([a-zA-Z]\)\/\(.*\)/\1:\/\2/' | sed -e 's/\//\\\\/g')
+#echo dos folder is $dos_folder
+
+attrib -r -s -h //s //d "$dos_folder\\*"
+