NAME

/usr/bin/SetFile — set attributes of files and directories (DEPRECATED)

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Tools supporting Carbon development, including /usr/bin/SetFile, were deprecated with Xcode 6.

/usr/bin/SetFile is a tool to set the file attributes on files in an HFS+ directory. It attempts to be similar to the setfile command in MPW. It can apply rules to more than one file with the options applying to all files listed.

Flags:

-P

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

-a 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). Note: 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)

-c creator

Specifies the file's creator, where creator can be a string of four MacRoman characters, an empty string ('') designating a null creator, or a binary, decimal, octal, or hexadecimal number in standard notation (e.g. 0x52486368).

-d date

Sets the creation date, where date is a string of the form: "mm/dd/[yy]yy [hh:mm:[:ss] [AM | PM]]" Notes: Enclose the string in quotation marks if it contains spaces. 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).

-m date

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

-t type

Sets the file type, where type can be a string of four MacRoman characters, an empty string ('') designating a null type, or a binary, decimal, octal, or hexadecimal number in standard notation (e.g. 0x55455955).

RETURN VALUES

0

attributes set

1

syntax error

2

any other error

SEE ALSO

GetFileInfo(1)

EXAMPLES

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

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