MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual (32650-90877)
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Command List I
Commands ABORT to BYE
ALTACCT MALCHIOR;ONVS=TIME_LORD;FILES=20000
You must specify the changes for the system volume set (the first command) and for the
volume set itself (the second command). Specifying a
volumesetname
limits the user to
changing only FILES in the second command.
Related Information
Commands ALTGROUP,ALTUSER, LISTACCT, LISTGROUP, LISTUSER, NEWACCT, NEWGROUP,
NEWUSER, RESETACCT
Manuals Performing System Management Tasks
ALTFILE
Changes the attributes of an existing file or directory. (Native Mode)
Syntax
ALTFILE[ FILE=]
filename
[ ] ;OWNER=
ownername
] ] [ [ ;GROUPID=]
POSIX
groupname
]
Parameters
filename
The filename of the object to be altered, specified in either MPE or HFS
syntax. The
filename
may name a file, hierarchical directory, root, MPE
group or account. Note that MPE groups or accounts can ONLY be named
via HFS (Hierarchical File System) syntax. Temporary files are not
recognized.
This is a required parameter. You may not use wildcards, back-reference a
file equation, or name a system-defined file such as $NULL.
If the filename is in MPE syntax and it has a lockword, do NOT include the
lockword on the command line, or you will get an error.
ownername
The name of the user who will become the owner (UID) of
filename
. This
ownername
must already exist on the system. Default is for the UID of the
file to remain unchanged. Note that no qualification is done on this name;
it must be fully specified. To have the
ownername
upshifted, enclose it in
quotes.
POSIXgroupname
The name of the POSIX group (GID) that this file will belong to. This
POSIXgroupname
must already exist on the system. You cannot use this
parameter to change the GID of an MPE group or account. Default is for
the file to retain its previous GID. To have
POSIXgroupname
upshifted,
enclose it in quotes.
Operation Notes
You use the ALTFILE command to alter a file's characteristics. Currently the attributes
that you may modify are the owner (UID) and POSIX group (GID) for a file, hierarchical
directory, MPE group or account, with the restriction that you may not alter the GID for
MPE groups or accounts.
You must have the appropriate privilege to change the requested attribute(s). In order to