ECACCE...E-CHMOD(1p)

💅 ecaccess-file-chmod — changing ECaccess File Mode Bits, bestie edition ✨

okay so literally the manual name is ecaccess-file-chmod and it lives in the Perl docs, and it is the tool for flipping the File Mode Bits on an ECaccess file. that's the whole vibe. let's go 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ecaccess-file-chmod -version|-help|-manual

ecaccess-file-chmod [-debug] mode ecaccess-file

like. two modes of existence. either you're asking for info about the tool, or you're actually out here changing bits. pick your fighter 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what it does: it lets you change the ECaccess File Mode Bits of the ecaccess-file you hand it, according to mode — and mode is an octal number that represents the bit pattern for the new mode bits. that's it, that's the job, no cap.

the ecaccess-file comes in this shape:

[domain:][/user-id/]path

and if you're sitting there like "wait what even is the ECaccess File System", bestie, go read the "Shell commands -> File Management" section of the "ecaccess" guide. it's all in there. iykyk 🦋

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mode — an octal number representing the bit pattern for the new mode bits (e.g. 0600). yes octal. no you cannot just freestyle it.
• ecaccess-file — the name of the ECaccess File whose File Mode Bits you're about to change. that's the target. that's the moment.

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -version — displays the version number and then exits. cute, quick, done.
• -help — prints a brief help message and exits. the lil summary.
• -manual — prints the manual page and exits. the full lore.
• -retry count — number of SSL connection retries per 5s to ECMWF. okay important detail here: this only applies to the initial SSL connection that the command initiates to the ECMWF server. it does not apply to all the subsequent requests made afterward, because it's mainly targeting errors that can happen from time to time during the SSL handshake. default is no retry. so like, if you don't ask for retries, you get zero retries. periodt.
• -debug — displays the SOAP and SSL messages exchanged. for when you need to see everything that's being said back and forth. 🔥

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

ecaccess-file-chmod 0700 ec:bin/a.out

and what this does, bestie: it changes the File Mode Bits to Read and Write for owner and Read for everybody else on a File in the bin directory of the ECFS directory of the authenticated user. slay. 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• ecaccess-file-delete
• ecaccess-file-get
• ecaccess-file-mget
• ecaccess-file-modtime
• ecaccess-file-mput
• ecaccess-file-rmdir
• ecaccess-file-copy
• ecaccess-file-dir
• ecaccess-file-mdelete
• ecaccess-file-mkdir
• ecaccess-file-move
• ecaccess-file-put
• ecaccess-file-size
• ecaccess

and also ecaccess itself, obviously. the whole fam. 🫶

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ngl the whole squad of ecaccess-file-* commands is out here doing the most, and this one is just the chmod girlie of the group. know her, love her, -manual her when you forget the flags. 😭

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okay that's the page!! perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-10-22, and it's filed under ECACCE...E-CHMOD(1p). mwah. go change some bits responsibly, bestie 💖✨🌸