OS command in Communication channel to change property of file...

Hi All
Can anybody let me know the OS command (to be written in command line prompt in receiver file channel) to change the property of a file written on Application server.
A file is getting written on PI application server by a communication channel. Now how can we direct that channel to change the file's property of Read/Write/modify(777) while writing it to the location.
Thanks in advance.

Hi
If you want it dynamically, use a post processing srcipt
For unix Application system command is
chmod <file name> 777
For Windows Application system command is
ATTRIB [+ R|-R] [A|-A] [ H|-H] [+ S|-S] [d:][path]filename [/S]

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