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<H2><A NAME="lbAA">CPMCHATTR</A></H2>
Section: User commands (1)<BR>
Updated: December 1, 2013<BR><BR>
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<B>NAME cpmchattr - change file attributes on CP/M files.</B><BR><BR>
<A NAME="lbAC">&nbsp;</A>
<B>SYNOPSIS</B><BR><BR>
<B>cpmchattr</B>
[<B>-f</B>
<I>format</I>]
<I>image</I>
<I>attrib</I>
<I>file-pattern</I>
...
<BR><BR>
<b>Note: Wildcards like *.com should be preceded with the user number
using a pattern like 0:*.com.</b>
<br>
<br>
<A NAME="lbAD">&nbsp;</A>
<B>DESCRIPTION</B><BR><BR>
<B>Cpmchattr changes the file attributes for files on CP/M disks.</B>
<BR>
<BR>
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<B>OPTIONS</B><BR><BR>
<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
<DT><B>-f</B><BR><DD>
Use the given CP/M disk <I>format</I> instead of the default format.
<BR><BR>
<b>For Apple II CP/M 80 users the cpmchattr command may have no practical
effect. Try
<A HREF=" ./cpmchmod.htm">cpmchmod</A> instead for setting read only
attributes.</b>
<BR><BR>
<DT><b>attrib</b> Set the file attributes as given.<DD>
<BR>
</DL>
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<B>The file attribute string can contain the characters 1,2,3,4,r,s,a,n
and m.</B><BR><BR>
The meanings of these are:
<DL COMPACT>
<DT><B>1-4</B><BR>
<DD>
The CP/M &quot;user attributes&quot; F1-F4. CP/M does not assign any
meaning to these attributes, though MP/M does.
<BR>
<DT><B>r</B><BR>
<DD>
The file is read-only. This is the same as using
<I><A HREF=" ./cpmchmod.htm">cpmchmod</A>(1).</I> to
revoke write permissions.
<DT><B>s</B><BR>
<DD>
The file is a system file. This attribute can also be set by
<I><A HREF=" ./cpmchmod.htm">cpmchmod</A>(1).</I>
<DT><B>a</B><BR>
<DD>
The file has been backed up.
<DT><B>n</B><BR>
<DD>
Reset all attributes to zero. So the string &quot;n1r&quot; resets all attributes and
then sets F1 and Read-Only.
<DT><B>m</B><BR>
<DD>
Attributes after an m are unset rather than set. The string &quot;12m34&quot; sets
atttributes F1 and F2, and unsets F3 and F4.
<BR><BR>
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<B>RETURN VALUE - Upon successful completion, exit code 0 is returned.</B><BR><BR>
This will likely only be of interest to programmers. In a Win32 system the
exit code can be trapped in a batch file as an "ERRORLEVEL" or as a
return value when run from another Win32 console program written in a
language like C.
<BR><BR>
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<B>ERRORS - Any errors are indicated by exit code 1.</B><BR><BR>
This will likely only be of interest to programmers. In a Win32 system the
exit code can be trapped in a batch file as an "ERRORLEVEL" or as a
return value when run from another Win32 console program written in a
language like C.
<BR><BR>
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<B>FILES - diskdefs - CP/M disk format definitions</B><BR><BR>
The diskdefs file is a plain ascii text file (in "unix" format, not Windows format)
that serves as a database of
disk and disk image format definitions. It can be reviewed for available CP/M
formats and their names. For Apple II CP/M 80 users the disk
image formats apple-do and apple-po are available.
<BR>
To convert between Windows text and "unix" text, two utilities (rmcr and cr) are
included in the Windows distro of the cpmtools binaries. These are included so you
can use a Windows text editor to edit a copy of diskdefs if your Windows text editor
does not edit "unix" text.
<BR><BR>
<b>The possible locations where cpmtools first looks for the diskdefs file:</b>
<BR>
<BR>
Can vary depending on the preferences of the person who builds the
cpmtools binaries (executables) from the source code.
<BR>
<BR>
<b>If it's not found the current (work) directory is then searched for a
file called diskdefs.</b>
<br>
<br>
The Windows distro uses <b>\cpmtools\diskdefs</b> as a default.
<BR>
<BR>
<b>On a unix-like system</b>, a <b>${prefix}/share/</b> style path
like <b>/usr/local/share/</b> is a possible place that cpmtools will first
look for diskdefs.
<BR>
<BR>
<b>In a Win32 system</b> sometimes unix-like shells like cygwin
are used to build and run cpmtools instead of Windows cmd. For those installations
unix-like conventions may apply.
<BR>
<BR>
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<B>AUTHORS</B>
<BR>
<BR>
This program is copyright 1997-2013 Michael Haardt &lt;<A HREF="mailto:michael@moria.de">michael@moria.de</A>&gt; and
copyright 2000, 2001, 2011 John Elliott &lt;<A HREF="mailto:jce@seasip.demon.co.uk">jce@seasip.demon.co.uk</A>&gt;.
<BR><BR>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of
the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL">GNU General Public License</a> as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
<BR><BR>
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL">GNU General Public License</a> for more details.
<BR><BR>
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
<BR><BR>
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<B>SEE ALSO</B><BR><BR>
<I><A HREF="./cpmls.htm">cmpls</A></I>(1),
<I><A HREF="./cpmchmod.htm">cpmchmod</A></I>(1),
<I><A HREF="./cpm.htm">cpm</A></I>(5)
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<A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><B>Index</B>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAA">NAME cpmchattr - change file attributes on CP/M files.</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DL>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">FILE ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAH">ERRORS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAI">FILES</A><DD>
</DL>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAJ">AUTHORS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAK">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
</DL>
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<a name="disclaimer"><b>Caveat Emptor</b></a>
<br>
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