<p>you would think this would be obvious, but searching through documentation, SAP forums, Googling, etc., I've been spectacularly unsuccessful.  I'm creating a file in ABAP on a solaris filesystem using the following code:</p>

<pre><code>OPEN DATASET p_file FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.
</code></pre>

<p>the resulting file is owned and grouped according to a pre-defined admin user, which is fine, but the sticky wicket is that the permissions are set to 660/rw-rw----, meaning I can't examine the results.  is there a way (possibly using that vaguely defined TYPE addition?) I can specify the resulting permissions on the new file?</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

Go to SM69, create a logical system command, you could call it ZCHMOD.
Map that command to
```
chmod
```
, then call with the proper parameter
(
```
man chmod
```
on the command line is your friend).
```
```
CALL FUNCTION 'SXPG_COMMAND_EXECUTE'
  EXPORTING
    commandname                   = 'ZCHMOD'
    additional_parameters         = l_par
    operatingsystem               = l_os
  TABLES
    exec_protocol                 = it_log
  EXCEPTIONS
    no_permission                 = 1
    command_not_found             = 2
    parameters_too_long           = 3
    security_risk                 = 4
    wrong_check_call_interface    = 5
    program_start_error           = 6
    program_termination_error     = 7
    x_error                       = 8
    parameter_expected            = 9
    too_many_parameters           = 10
    illegal_command               = 11
    wrong_asynchronous_parameters = 12
    cant_enq_tbtco_entry          = 13
    jobcount_generation_error     = 14
    OTHERS                        = 15.
```
```
Obviously, that would be a 2 step process, but it works.