RELEASE

Checking the ￿le status

You can enter the LISTFILE command to determine if a ￿le is curren tly released or secured. Refer to the LISTFILE command for more information.

Access control de￿nition

An access control de￿nition (ACD) overrides ￿le access con trols whether or not you have released or secured the ￿le.

For more information about A CDs, refer to the ALTSEC command in this manual.

Una￿ected access con trols

This command does not a￿ect the following access con trols:
Privileged ￿lesYou cannot release privileged ￿les.
LockwordsYou cannot override lockwords.
ACDs

This command does not a￿ect the securit y on ￿les

 

with access control de￿nitions. Ho wever, if you

 

remove the ACD, the ￿le is released. Refer to the

 

ALTSEC command in this book for more information

 

about ACDs.

Example

To release all securit y provisions for a ￿le named FILE1 in your logon group and account, enter:

:RELEASE FILE1

If the system fails to locate the ￿le, the following error message appears:

UNABLE TO ACCESS FILE1.GROUP1.ACCT1. (CIERR 356)

Related Commands

ALTSEC

LISTF

LISTFILE

SECURE

MPE/iX Commands 2-203