Information Labels



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Information Labels

There are three utilities specified to support information labeling. The three utilities are getfinf (allows a user to view the information label associated with a file), getpinf (allows a user to view the information label associated with a process), and setfinf (allows a user to set the information label associated with a file).

The getfinf utility displays the text form of an information label associated with a file. The user specifies the file. This utility requires read access for the file of the associated information label. The getpinf utility displays the text form of an information label associated with the current process.

The setfinf utility changes the information label of each specified file to the specified information label. The user specifies the file(s) that are to have associated information labels changed.



John Barkley
Fri Oct 7 16:17:21 EDT 1994