SETFILE(1) BSD General Commands Manual SETFILE(1)

NAME
     //uussrr//bbiinn//SSeettFFiillee - set attributes of files and directories

SYNOPSIS
     //uussrr//bbiinn//SSeettFFiillee [-PP] [-aa attributes] [-cc creator] [-dd date] [-mm date]
                      [-tt type] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     //uussrr//bbiinn//SSeettFFiillee is a tool to set the file attributes on files in an HFS+
     directory. It attempts to be similar to the sseettffiillee command in MPW. It
     can apply rules to more than one file with the options applying to all
     files listed.

     Flags:

     -PP  Acts on a symlink file instead on the file the symlink resolves to.

     -aa attributes  Sets the file attributes bits where attributes is a string
                    of case sensitive letters. Each letter corresponds to a
                    file attribute: an uppercase letter indicates that the
                    attribute bit is set (1), a lowercase letter indicates
                    that it is not (0).  NNoottee:: attributes not specified remain
                    unchanged.

                    A | a    Alias file

                    B | b    Has bundle

                    C | c    Custom icon (allowed on folders)

                    D | d    Located on the desktop (allowed on folders)

                    E | e    Extension is hidden (allowed on folders)

                    I | i    Inited - Finder is aware of this file and has
                             given it a location in a window. (allowed on
                             folders)

                    L | l    Locked

                    M | m    Shared (can run multiple times)

                    N | n    File has no INIT resource

                    S | s    System file (name locked)

                    T | t    "Stationery Pad" file

                    V | v    Invisible (allowed on folders)

                    Z | z    Busy (allowed on folders)

     -cc creator     Specifies the file's creator, where creator is a string of
                    exactly four characters.

     -dd date        Sets the creation date, where date is a string of the
                    form: "mm/dd/[yy]yy [hh:mm:[:ss] [AM | PM]]" NNootteess::
                    Enclose the string in quotation marks if it contains spa-
                    ces. The date must be in the Unix epoch, that is, between
                    1/1/1970 and 1/18/2038. If the year is provided as a two-
                    digit year, it is assumed to be in the 21st century and
                    must be from 00 (2000) through 38 (2038).

     -mm date        Sets the modification date where date is a string of the
                    form in -dd above. (mm/dd/[yy]yy [hh:mm:[:ss] [AM | PM]])

     -tt type        Sets the file type, where type is a string of exactly four
                    characters.

RETURN VALUES
     00        attributes set
     11        syntax error
     22        any other error

SEE ALSO
     GetFileInfo(1)

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
     This command line sets the modification date of "myFile":

     SetFile -m "8/4/2001 16:13" myFile

Mac OS X                      September 27, 2005                      Mac OS X