/WRITE /NOWRITE Specifies whether or not the buffer you create is writeable and therefore modifiable. This qualifier and the /READ_ONLY qualifier override any setting established by the SET DIRECTORY command. The /NOREAD_ONLY qualifier is equivalent to the /WRITE qualifier. If you specify neither the /WRITE nor the /READ_ONLY 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.