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<h2><a name="attrib">Attrib</a></h2>
<p><em>Since Ant 1.6.</em></p>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Changes the attributes of a file or all files inside specified
directories. Right now it has effect only under Windows. Each of the
4 possible permissions has its own attribute, matching the arguments
for the attrib command.</p>
<p><a href="../CoreTypes/fileset.html">FileSet</a>s,
<a href="../CoreTypes/dirset.html">DirSet</a>s or <a
href="../CoreTypes/filelist.html">FileList</a>s can be specified using
nested <code>&lt;fileset&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;dirset&gt;</code> and
<code>&lt;filelist&gt;</code> elements.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">file</td>
<td valign="top">the file or directory of which the permissions must be
changed.</td>
<td valign="top" valign="middle">Yes or nested
<code>&lt;fileset/list&gt;</code> elements.</td>
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<tr>
<td valign="top">readonly</td>
<td valign="top">the readonly permission.</td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="4">at least one of the four. </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">archive</td>
<td valign="top">the archive permission.</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">system</td>
<td valign="top">the system permission.</td>
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<td valign="top">hidden</td>
<td valign="top">the hidden permission.</td>
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<td valign="top">type</td>
<td valign="top">One of <i>file</i>, <i>dir</i> or <i>both</i>. If set to
<i>file</i>, only the permissions of plain files are going to be changed.
If set to <i>dir</i>, only the directories are considered.<br>
<strong>Note:</strong> The type attribute does not apply to
nested <i>dirset</i>s - <i>dirset</i>s always implicitly
assume type to be <i>dir</i>.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No, default is <i>file</i></td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">verbose</td>
<td valign="top">Whether to print a summary after execution or not.
Defaults to <code>false</code>.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Examples</h3>
<blockquote>
<p><code>&lt;attrib file=&quot;${dist}/run.bat&quot; readonly=&quot;true&quot; hidden=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;</code></p>
</blockquote>
<p>makes the &quot;run.bat&quot; file read-only and hidden.</p>
<blockquote>
<pre>&lt;attrib readonly=&quot;false&quot;&gt;
&lt;fileset dir=&quot;${meta.inf}&quot; includes=&quot;**/*.xml&quot;/&gt;
&lt;attrib&gt;
</pre>
</blockquote>
<p>makes all &quot;.xml&quot; files below <code>${meta.inf}</code> readable.</p>
<blockquote>
<pre>
&lt;attrib readonly=&quot;true&quot; archive=&quot;true&quot;&gt;
&lt;fileset dir=&quot;shared/sources1&quot;&gt;
&lt;exclude name=&quot;**/trial/**&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/fileset&gt;
&lt;fileset refid=&quot;other.shared.sources&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/attrib&gt;
</pre>
</blockquote>
<p>makes all files below <code>shared/sources1</code> (except those below any
directory named trial) read-only and archived. In addition all files belonging
to a FileSet with <code>id</code> <code>other.shared.sources</code> get the
same attributes.</p>
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