/PROTECT /NOPROTECT Determines whether protection is set for an RT-11 output file. The default is /NOPROTECT. This qualifier is not valid for Files-11 or DOS-11 output files. Protection attributes for Files-11 output are taken from the current process default protection. EXCHANGE does not attempt to transfer protection attributes from the input file to the output file. Protection mechanisms of various operating systems do not readily translate to one another. The owner UIC of the output file is the UIC of the current process.