.TH aide-attributes 1 "May 30, 2010"
.SH NAME
aide-attributes \- decode and compare hex-encoded attribute numbers
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B aide\-attributes
.I HEX_NUMBER
.RI [ HEX_NUMBER ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B aide-attributes
decodes hex-encoded attribute numbers to attribute names or displays the
differences between two attribute numbers. The script is useful to decode
the attribute numbers as shown in the 'Entry X in database has different
attributes: OLD_HEX_NUMBER NEW_HEX_NUMBER' message.
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
Decode the hex number 'c3d' to attribute names:
.RS
.fam C
$ aide-attributes c3d
.br
filename
.br
perm
.br
uid
.br
gid
.br
size
.br
bcount
.br
lnkcount
.fam T
.RE
.PP
Display the differences between two hex-encoded attribute numbers:
.RS
.fam C
$ aide-attributes c3d fbd
.br
+ctime
.br
+mtime
.br
+inode
.fam T
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBaide\fR(1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
This manual was written by Hannes von Haugwitz <hannes@vonhaugwitz.com>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).