HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)

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doschmod(1) doschmod(1)
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NAME
doschmod - change attributes of a DOS file
SYNOPSIS
doschmod [-mu] mode device: file ...
DESCRIPTION
The
doschmod command is targeted for removal from HP-UX; see the WARNINGS below.
doschmod is the DOS counterpart of chmod (see chmod(1)).
Options
doschmod recognizes one option:
-m If an ordinary file with the same name as volume label exists, operation will be performed on
the file instead of volume label.
-u Disable argument case conversion. In the absence of this option, all
DOS file names are con-
verted to uppercase.
A
DOS file name is recognized by the presence of an embedded colon (:) delimiter; see dosif(4) for
DOS file
naming conventions.
Metacharacters
*, ?
, and [ ... ] can be used when specifying DOS file names. These must be quoted when
specifying a
DOS file name, because file name expansion must be performed by the
DOS utilities, not by the
shell. DOS utilities expand file names as described in regexp(5) under PATTERN MATCHING NOTATION.
The attributes of each named file are changed according to mode, which is an octal number in the range 000
to 0377. mode is constructed from the logical
OR of the following modes:
200 Reserved. Do not use.
100 Reserved. Do not use.
040 Archive. Set whenever the file has been written to and closed.
020 Directory. Do not modify.
010 Volume Label. Do not modify.
004 System file. Marks files that are part of the DOS operating system.
002 Hidden file. Marks files that do not appear in a DOS directory listing using the
DOS DIR
command.
001 Read-Only file. Marks files as read-only.
WARNINGS
Use of doschmod is discouraged because it is targeted for removal from HP-UX.
Specifying inappropriate mode values can make files and/or directories inaccessible, and in certain cases
can damage the file system. To prevent such problems, do not change the mode of directories and volume
labels.
Normal users should have no need to use mode bits other than 001, 002, and 040.
EXAMPLES
Mark file
/dev/rfd9122:memo.txt as a hidden file:
doschmod 002 /dev/rfd9122:memo.txt
Mark file driveC:autoexec.bat read-only:
doschmod 001 driveC:autoexec.bat
SEE ALSO
chmod(1), dos2ux(1), doscp(1), dosdf(1), dosls(1), dosmkdir(1), dosrm(1), chmod(2), dosif(4).
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