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fileSetAttribute

Sets the attributes of an on-disk file in Windows. This function does not work with in-memory files.

fileSetAttribute(filePath, attribute)

returns void

Argument Reference

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description	Values
filePath	string	Yes		Path to on-disk file
attribute	string	Yes		Attribute to enable/disable readonly/hidden sets the given attribute to true and the other one to false normal sets both to false	/Users/garethedwards/development/github/cfdocs/docs/functions/filesetattribute.md	normal

Create a temporary file and then change read-only mode

myFile = getTempFile(getTempDirectory(),"testFile");
writeOutput('is writable: '&getFileInfo(myFile).canWrite);
fileSetAttribute(myFile,'readOnly');
writeOutput(' → '&getFileInfo(myFile).canWrite);

Expected Result: is writable: YES → NO

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