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| <h2><a name="attrib">Attrib</a></h2> |
| <p><em>Since Ant 1.6.</em></p> |
| <h3>Description</h3> |
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| <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> |
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| <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><fileset></code>, <code><dirset></code> and |
| <code><filelist></code> elements.</p> |
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| <h3>Parameters</h3> |
| <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> |
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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><fileset/list></code> elements.</td> |
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| <td valign="top">readonly</td> |
| <td valign="top">the readonly permission.</td> |
| <td valign="top" rowspan="4">at least one of the four. </td> |
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| <td valign="top">archive</td> |
| <td valign="top">the archive permission.</td> |
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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> |
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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> |
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| <h3>Examples</h3> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><code><attrib file="${dist}/run.bat" readonly="true" hidden="true"/></code></p> |
| </blockquote> |
| <p>makes the "run.bat" file read-only and hidden.</p> |
| <blockquote> |
| <pre><attrib readonly="false"> |
| <fileset dir="${meta.inf}" includes="**/*.xml"/> |
| <attrib> |
| </pre> |
| </blockquote> |
| <p>makes all ".xml" files below <code>${meta.inf}</code> readable.</p> |
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| <pre> |
| <attrib readonly="true" archive="true"> |
| <fileset dir="shared/sources1"> |
| <exclude name="**/trial/**"/> |
| </fileset> |
| <fileset refid="other.shared.sources"/> |
| </attrib> |
| </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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