/READ_ONLY /NOREAD_ONLY Specifies whether or not the buffer you create is read-only and therefore unmodifiable. This qualifier and the /WRITE qualifier override any setting established by the SET DIRECTORY command. The /WRITE qualifier is equivalent to the /NOREAD_ONLY qualifier. If you specify neither the /READ_ONLY nor the /WRITE qualifier, LSE uses the default established by the most recent SET DIRECTORY command for the directory that contains the file. If during your current editing session you have not issued a SET DIRECTORY command nor defined the logical LSE$READ_ONLY_DIRECTORY, then the buffer is writeable by default.