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% file attributes foobar -permissions 0755;<br />
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changing attribs is the same as using file.. man &quot;file&quot; and have a look at the -permissions argument :)
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% file attributes foobar -permissions 0755;

changing attribs is the same as using file.. man "file" and have a look at the -permissions argument :)

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file attributes does not work multiple files under certain directory in TCL language.<br />
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file attributes foodir/* -permissions 0755 <br />
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will get <br />
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could not set permissions for file &quot;foodir/*&quot;: no such file or directory
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file attributes does not work multiple files under certain directory in TCL language.

file attributes foodir/* -permissions 0755

will get

could not set permissions for file "foodir/*": no such file or directory

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is this a specific directory? or all?
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From the command line, I could run the following commad without question:<br />
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chmod 755 &lt;dir&gt;/* <br />
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However, if I did the same thing via TCL/Expect<br />
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exec chmod 755 &lt;dir&gt;/*<br />
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I got the error as:<br />
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ERROR: chmod: WARNING: can't access &lt;dir&gt;/*<br />
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permission is not an issue. Feel like TCL does not recognize &lt;dir&gt; correctly.
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From the command line, I could run the following commad without question:

chmod 755 <dir>/* 

However, if I did the same thing via TCL/Expect

exec chmod 755 <dir>/*

I got the error as:

ERROR: chmod: WARNING: can't access <dir>/*

permission is not an issue. Feel like TCL does not recognize <dir> correctly.

Why TCL exec chmod does not work?

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