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si makewritable
makes Sandbox members writable
Synopsis
si makewritable [(-R|--[no|confirm]recurse)] [--filter=filteroptions] [(-S sandbox|--sandbox=sandbox)] [--[no]failOnAmbiguousProject] [--hostname=server] [--port=number] [--password=password] [--user=name] [(-?|--usage)] [(-F file|--selectionFile=file)] [(-N|--no)] [(-Y|--yes)] [--[no]batch] [--cwd=directory] [--forceConfirm=[yes|no]] [(-g|--gui)] [--quiet] [--settingsUI=[gui|default]] [--status=[none|gui|default]] sandbox member...
Description
si makewritable makes Sandbox members writable. For example,
si makewritable c:/Documentation/Man_Pages/xml_man/si_add.1.xml
If no members are specified, si makewritable applies to all Sandbox members.
This command is useful when you want to edit a file locked by someone else, and you have no intention of checking the files back in.
Options
This command takes the universal options available to all si commands, as well as some general options. See the options reference page for descriptions.
sandbox member...
identifies a specific member; use spaces to specify more than one member.
Diagnostics
See the diagnostics reference page for possible exit status values.
Preferences
Using si setprefs or si viewprefs, you are able to set or view the preference keys for this command.
See Also
Commands: si ci, si co, si diff, si edit, si lock, si resync, si rlog, si unlock
Miscellaneous: ACL, diagnostics, options, preferences