Modifying file attributes

The system administrator can change the attribute of a local file or files in a directory.

Enter the permission command with no options to display the contents of the directory and the file attributes.

    file 
        — permission [[attribute] {read-only| read-write}] [[url] string] 

A single local file can be specified or the wildcard character (*) can be used to indicate multiple files. If no URL is specified, the command applies to all files in the directory.

The following shows an example of the command syntax. A file with an ‟R” preceding the filename indicate the file is read-only; otherwise, the file is read-write.

[/file "cf3:\"]
A:admin@node-2# permission
            cf3:\NVRAM.DAT
            cf3:\bof.cfg
            cf3:\nvsys.info
            cf3:\restcntr.txt
            cf3:\.ssh
            cf3:\my.txt

[/file "cf3:\"]
A:admin@node-2# permission read-only my.txt

[/file "cf3:\"]
A:admin@node-2# permission
            cf3:\NVRAM.DAT
            cf3:\bof.cfg
            cf3:\nvsys.info
            cf3:\restcntr.txt
            cf3:\.ssh
 R          cf3:\my.txt

[/file "cf3:\"]
A:admin@node-2# permission read-only

[/file "cf3:\"]
A:admin@node-2# permission
 R          cf3:\NVRAM.DAT
 R          cf3:\bof.cfg
 R          cf3:\nvsys.info
 R          cf3:\restcntr.txt
 R          cf3:\.ssh
 R          cf3:\my.txt