A simple utility to view and modify file attributes.. There are three main benefits of this utility over Windows' built-in attrib.exe.
- The order in which you alter the attributes does not matter. For instance, you don't have to explicity remove -r before -s, etc.
- You can combine attributes as in:
attr -rsh file. - You can modify multiple files via the same command-line as in:
attr -sa file1 file2 +hs file3.
Here are the details:
USAGE: attr.exe [options] [file] [file..n] [options file..n] ...
no-arguments Displays attributes for all files (and directories)
in the current directory.
file Specifies a file (or file wildcard) for attr to process.
OPTIONS:
+ Sets an attribute.
- Clears an attribute.
r Read-only file attribute.
a Archive file attribute.
s System file attribute.
h Hidden file attribute.
/p --pause Pause when finished.
/r --recursive Processes matching files in the current directory
and all sub-directories. (also /s)
/d Processes directories as well. (not implemented!)
--showpath Output each file's full path and name.
Default is file name only (without the path).
EXAMPLES:
> attr -h -s desktop.ini
Removes the hidden and system attributes from desktop.ini.
> attr -hs +a desktop.ini
Removes the hidden and system attributes from
and adds the archive attribute to desktop.ini.
> attr -r +hs -a desktop.ini +hs folder.jpg
Removes the readonly and archive attributes from and adds the
hidden and system attributes to desktop.ini.
Removes the archive attribute and adds the hidden and system
attributes to folder.jpg.
> attr /s -h -s desktop.ini
Removes the hidden and system attributes from desktop.ini in the
current and all sub-directories.