RE: Need to change a file in the IFS to READ-ONLY

Thanks Scott,

When I was looking through the "CHGA*"s commands I just missed "CHGATR".


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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 9:02 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Need to change a file in the IFS to READ-ONLY


> >From a CLLE I COPY a file to a folder in the Root of the IFS.  I what

> >to
> change the file attribute to "Read-Only".  I've tried using CHGAUT 
> with DTAAut = to *RX  or *R in either case the File's Attribute is not

> changed.

CHGAUT changes the file's "permissions".  It controls who has read
access, who has write access, who has both, etc.

>
> Can anyone suggest a Command or API I can use the change this
attribute?
>

If you want to set the MS-DOS "Read-Only" flag on the file, you do it
with the CHGATR command.  For example:

  CHGATR OBJ('/home/scott/myfile.csv') ATR(*READONLY) VALUE(*YES)

It's also possible to use the Qp0lSetAttr() API, but this method is MUCH
more complicated -- so unless you have a pressing need to use the API, I
suggest using the command above.  (Via QCMDEXC if necessary)

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