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Library: omvfs - virtual file system Include: omvfs.xin

Declaration

  define external function vfsChangePermissions
                 value  stream  path
       on        value  vfsDir  location  optional
       to        value  stream  mode
       contents  value  switch  contents  optional  initial {VFS-NOT-INCLUDED}

  where:

  where

path

the file or directory name of the ownership change

location

a connected directory

mode

the permission change directive

contents

specifies if the directory contents are also to have changed permissions

You use this function to change the permissions of a file or subdirectory.

PARAMETERS

Path must be in one of the following formats:

• file name only
• file name plus an absolute directory path
• file name plus a relative directory path
• an absolute directory path
• a relative directory path

Mode values must be in the string format used by the chmod function

Contents value must be one of the following:

• VFS-NOT-INCLUDED
• VFS-INCLUDED

Location must be connected to a directory.

Location must be connected through the following scheme:

• File

OPERATION

• When location is supplied, path applies to that vfsDir.
• When location is not supplied, path applies to the current directory on the local file system.
• When contents is VFS-NOT-INCLUDED, only the specified file or directory has its permissions changed.
• When contents is VFS-INCLUDED and path is a directory reference, the directory, and all its contents have their permissions changed.

Sample function call:

  ; where Sydney is a currently connected vfsDir
  vfsChangePermissions "Programs" on Sydney  to "rw"  

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