 -File_ATtributes(1)

NAME
-File_ATtributes - modify the attributes of a file

SYNOPSIS
-File_ATtributes -File attr-file [ option... ] filename
-File_ATtributes -Edit [ option... ] filename
-File_ATtributes [ option... ] name=value filename
-File_ATtributes -UUID number -File filename
-File_ATtributes -Help

DESCRIPTION
The -File_ATtributes command is used to set, edit or list the attributes of a file.

The output of the -List variant is suitable for use as input at a later time.

See aefattr(5) for a description of the file format.

Attribute names are not case sensitive. File attributes with a name starting with an upper case letter will appear in ael(1) and aeget(1) listings, while those starting with a lower case letter will not.

  Shorthand
If you are only setting the values of unique attributes, it is possible to do this from the command line, using the name=value form.

Note that this usage will replace the first attribute with the given name. If there is more than one attribute of that name, the second and subsequent attributes are unchanged. If there is no attribute of the given name, it will be appended.

You may set more than one attribute at a time, provided that their names are unique. Attribute names are not case sensitive.

  Known Attribute Names
While many of the anticipated uses of file attributes are to allow projects to attach their own specialized data to individual files, Aegis also uses some attributes for its own purposes (and arguably, should always have done so to maximize forwards compatibility across Aegis upgrades).

content-type
    This is taken directly from the MIME definition of Content-Type. It remembers what sort of file this is. It is anticipated that a diff tool, for example, could make use of this attribute to provide format-specific file difference listings. Some change set interchange formats are capable of carrying this information.

entire-source-hide
    boolean. If true, this file is not included by the aedist -entire-source flag. The aetar and aerevml commands work similarly. Think of it as a "local only" flag.

foreign-copyright
    boolean. If true, this file will not be checked by the aede-policy(1) copyright validation.

aede-policy-tabs-allowed
    boolean. If true, the no-tabs policy of the aede-policy(1) command does not apply.

aede-policy-line-length
    integer. The maximum allowed line length in the line-length policy of the aede-policy(1) command; infinity if 0.

local-source-hide
    boolean. If true, this file is not included by aedist change sets. The aetar and aerevml commands work similarly. Change sets which contain only thee files will be omitted from the aedist -inventory output. Think of it as a "local only" flag.

aeipass-options:assign-file-uuid
    boolean. If false, aeipass will not assign a fresh UUID to this file. This flag is set by aedist -rec if the action associated with the file is a create and the file is missing the UUID. This behaviour is needed to prevent the effect of having different UUIDs assigned to the same file in different repositories.

OPTIONS
The following options are understood: -Universal_Unique_IDentifier number This option may be used to set the UUID of a file.

RECOMMENDED ALIAS
The recommended alias for this command is
csh%    alias aefa ' -fat \!* -v'
sh$     aefa(){ -fat "$@" -v}

ERRORS
It is an error if the current user is not an administrator of the specified project.
It is an error if the current user is not the developer of the specified change.
It is an error if the file is not included in the specified change.

SEE ALSO

aeca(5)
    modify the attributes of a change

aefattr(5)
    file attributes file format