[Coco] attr and users

[James Jones]

attr is unlike Unix/Linux chmod in that the file name comes first. (Sadly
that means you can't do more than one file at a time.) So give

attr /dd/path2x/x w pw

a try.

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 4:36 PM, <coco at jechar.ca> wrote:

>
>  I occasionally have permissions problems with files in OS9.
>
>  The attr command should be able to fix them but does not seem to work.
>
>  for example suppose I want to be able to delete file x in drive path2x on
> the default directory.
>
>  and file x is read only.
>
>  the command
>
>  attr  w pw  /dd/path2x/x
>
>  should make x writable but it does not.
>
>  I am assumeing I am root there is no whoami command, in any case I am
> whatever user the
>  Vcc kit puts me in..
>
>  Any suggestions.
>
>
>  Charlie
>
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