RELEASE

This command remo ves security provisions from a ￿le. Securit y does not resume for a released ￿le un til you enter the SECURE command for the ￿le.

Syntax

RELEASE ￿lereference

Parameters

￿lereference Speci￿es the actual ￿le designator of the ￿le whose ￿le access matrix access con trol you want to disable. The ￿lereference can be either in MPE or HFS syn tax.

MPE Syntax

If the ￿lereference does not begin with a dot or a slash, it is parsed according to the MPE syn tax and has the form:

￿lename[/lockword][.groupname[.acctname]]

If the ￿le has a lockword, you must specify it; otherwise, the system prompts y ou for it. If y ou do not specify groupname.acctname , the system assumes the logon group and account.

HFS Syntax

If the ￿lename begins with a dot (.) or a slash (/), it is parsed according to HFS syn tax.

Operation Notes

Usage

You can enter this command from a session, a job, a program, or in break mode. Pressing 4Break5 does not a￿ect this command.

You can use this command only for permanen t disk ￿les you have created. Under default system securit y provisions, the ￿le m ust be in your logon account and must belong to y our logon or home group.

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