[Coco] attr and users

[coco at jechar.ca]

Thanks that was it.

On 2018-07-17 18:36, James Jones wrote:
> 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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