Java tutorial
import java.io.File; public class ROW { public static void main(String[] args) { File filespec = new File("c:\text.txt"); if (filespec.setWritable(false)) System.out.println(filespec + " made read-only"); else System.out.println("Permission denied"); if (filespec.setWritable(true)) System.out.println(filespec + " made writable"); else System.out.println("Permission denied"); System.out.println(filespec + " is currently " + (filespec.canWrite() ? "writable" : "read-only")); } }