Modern Fs SetReadOnly

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SetReadOnly

Sets or clears a file's read-only flag, or its write bits on Linux and macOS.

Syntax

SetReadOnly( p, v )

Notes

• portable

Examples

#import "std/fs"
using fs

dim td as FsResultUStr = CreateTempDir( "fbdoc" )
dim as ustring dir_ = td.Value( )
dim as ustring p = PathJoin( dir_, "f.txt" )
WriteAllText( p, "hello" )

print SetReadOnly( p, true ).IsOk( )      '' true
print Stat( p ).Value( ).IsReadOnly( )    '' true

'' PORTABLE: the read-only attribute on Windows, the owner write bit on
'' POSIX -- each platform's own model, not a translation
print SetReadOnly( p, false ).IsOk( )     '' true

'' Clear it before deleting: a read-only file cannot be removed

RemoveDirAll( dir_ )

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Library: Filesystem Library
Category: Filesystem
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