file.lock

Syntax file.lock (path)
Params path is a legal path name to the file you wish to lock.
Action Locks the file; keeping it from being modified.
Returns True
Examples file.lock ("C:\\Program Files\\Frontier\\sample.txt")
file.isLocked ("C:\\Program Files\\Frontier\\sample.txt")

   » true

file.unlock ("C:\\Program Files\\Frontier\\sample.txt")

file.lock ("System:tmp");
file.isLocked ("System:tmp")

   » true
Notes If the file being locked is in an open folder in the Finder, the padlock symbol that denotes a locked file appears only if you close the folder and then re-open it.

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