CHMOD

CHMOD file, mode

Change permissions of a file. The string file holds the file name and follows OS file naming conventions. mode provides the file permission and must be compatible with system call chmod()‘s ’mode’ parameter.

See ACCESS to get information on file permissions.

Linux

mode is a number best represented in octal: 0oUGO with U: User; G: Group; O: Other

U, G and O are each defined the following way:

Value	Permission
0	no
1	x (execute)
2	w (write)
3	w + x
4	r (read)
5	r + x
6	r + w
7	r + w + x

Example

' Make myfile available to anyone (read/write)
CHMOD "myfile.bas", 0o666

' Make myfile available to anyone (execute/read/write)
CHMOD "myfile.bas", 0o777

' Make myfile available to user (read/write)
' All others only read
CHMOD "myfile.bas", 0o644

Windows

in Windows the read-only flag can be set with mode = 1 and unset with mode = -1

Example

' Make myfile read-only
CHMOD "myfile.bas", 1

' Make myfile read and write
CHMOD "myfile.bas", -1

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