Allows you to read and write the default file protection for the process. Format SYS$SETDFPROT [new-def-prot-addr] ,[cur-def-prot-addr] C Prototype int sys$setdfprot (unsigned short int *newdefprotaddr, unsigned short int *curdefprotaddr);
1 – Arguments
new-def-prot-addr OpenVMS usage:file_protection type: word (unsigned) access: read only mechanism: by reference A word that specifies the new default file protection specification. The new-def-prot-addr argument is the address of the word that specifies the desired protection. If you do not want the process-default file protection to be changed, specify the value 0. cur-def-prot-addr OpenVMS usage:file_protection type: word (unsigned) access: write only mechanism: by reference A word that is to receive the current default file protection specification. The cur-def-prot-addr argument is the address of the word that receives the current process-default protection. If you do not want the current default file protection, specify the value 0.