CHATTR

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: November 1993
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NAME

chattr - change file attributes on a Linux second extended file system  

SYNOPSIS

chattr [ -RV ] [ -v version ] [ mode ] files...  

DESCRIPTION

chattr changes the files attributes on an second extended file system.

The format of a symbolic mode is +-=[csu].

The operator `+' causes the selected attributes to be added to the existing attributes of the files; `-' causes them to be removed; and `=' causes them to be the only attributes that the files have.

The letters `csu' select the new attributes for the files: compressed (r), secure deletion (s), and undeletable (u).  

OPTIONS

-R
Recursively change attributes of directories and their contents.
-V
Verbosely describe changed attributes.
-v version
Set the files version.
 

AUTHOR

Remy Card <card@masi.ibp.fr>  

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

As of ext2 fs 0.4, the kernel code only honours the `s' attribute. When a file with the `s' attribute set is deleted, its blocks are zeroed and written back to the disk.

The other attributes will be implemented in a next ext2 fs version.  

AVAILABILITY

chattr is available for anonymous ftp from ftp.ibp.fr (132.227.60.2) in /pub/linux/BETA/ext2fs.  

SEE ALSO

lsattr(1)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHOR
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
AVAILABILITY
SEE ALSO

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