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.\"     Title: gvfs-set-attribute
.\"    Author: Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
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.\"      Date: 03/28/2017
.\"    Manual: User Commands
.\"    Source: gvfs
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "GVFS\-SET\-ATTRIBUTE" "1" "" "gvfs" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
gvfs-set-attribute \- Set file attributes
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBgvfs\-set\-attribute\ \fR\fB[OPTION...]\fR\fB\ \fR\fB{LOCATION}\fR\fB\ \fR\fB{ATTRIBUTE}\fR\fB\ \fR\fB{VALUE...}\fR\ 'u
\fBgvfs\-set\-attribute \fR\fB[OPTION...]\fR\fB \fR\fB{LOCATION}\fR\fB \fR\fB{ATTRIBUTE}\fR\fB \fR\fB{VALUE...}\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBgvfs\-set\-attribute\fR
allows to set a file attribute on a file\&.
.PP
File attributes can be specified with their gvfs name, e\&.g\&. standard::icon\&. Note that not all file attributes that are supported by gvfs are writable\&.
\fBgvfs\-info \-\-query\-writable\fR
lists writable file attributes\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
The following options are understood:
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Prints a short help text and exits\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Shows the version number and exits\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-type=TYPE\fR
.RS 4
Specifies the type of the attribute\&. Supported types are string, stringv, bytestring, boolean, uint32, int32, uint64, int64, object and unset\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-nofollow\-symlinks\fR
.RS 4
Don\*(Aqt follow symlinks\&.
.RE
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
.PP
On success 0 is returned, a non\-zero failure code otherwise\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBgvfs-info\fR(1),
\m[blue]\fBGIO file attributes\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
GIO file attributes
.RS 4
\%http://developer.gnome.org/gio/2.32/gio-GFileAttribute.html
.RE