User Guide

Utilities 65
Utilities Reference
103-000153-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Dc (Don’t Compress) Prevent a file from being compressed
(regardless of what the volume or directory is
set to).
Di (Delete Inhibit) Prevent a file from being deleted or copied
over.
Dm (Don’t Migrate) Prevent a file from being migrated to a
secondary backup system (regardless of what
the volume or directory is set to).
Ds (Don’t Suballocate) Prevent an individual file from being
suballocated, even if suballocation is enabled
for the system. Use on files which are enlarged
or appended to frequently, such as certain
database files.
H (Hidden) Prevent a filename from being displayed with
the DOS DIR command. The file can’t be
copied or deleted.
Ic (Immediate compress) Compress a file as soon as the OS can.
N (Normal) Specify the Rw attribute.
P (Purge) Purge a file immediately if the file is deleted.
Ri (Rename Inhibit) Prevent a file from being renamed.
Ro (Read Only) Allow a file to only be read; it can’t be written to
or deleted (in other words, Ro includes Ri and
Di).
Rw (Read Write) Allow a file to be read and written to.
Sh (Shareable) Allow a file to be used by several users
simultaneously.
Sy (System) Prevent a filename from being displayed with
the DOS DIR command. It can’t be copied or
deleted.
T (Transactional) Protect a file by using the Transaction Tracking
System
TM
.
X (Execute Only) Prevent a file from being copied or copied over.
This attribute can be given only to .EXE or
.COM files, and cannot be removed.
Option Use to