DNS$CPHELP.HLB  —  set  object
 Changes the value of a modifiable, single-valued attribute
 (including application-defined attributes) of an object entry. This
 task is usually accomplished through the client application. Use a
 comma to separate attributes. Enclose in parentheses any value that
 has multiple parts separated by spaces.

 SYNOPSIS

      SET OBJECT object-name attribute-name [=] attribute-value

 Arguments

 object-name

 The full name of the object entry. Specify your own attribute name
 or one of the DECdns-defined attributes.

 attribute-name

 The name of the attribute to be modified.

 attribute-value

 The value of the attribute to be modified. You can express the
 values of application-defined attributes as quoted strings, "ps";
 hex strings, %x FF00EE; or concatenations of them in parentheses
 (%x0103 "ps").

 Description

 This command changes the value of a modifiable, single-valued
 attribute (including application-defined attributes) of an object
 entry. This task is usually accomplished through the client
 application. Use a comma to separate attributes.

 ACCESS RIGHTS
 You must have write access to the object entry whose attribute you
 intend to modify or have control access to the parent directory.

1  –  example

 The following command changes the .sales_records attribute value to 2.

 dns> set object .sales_records Q1 %x2
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