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<h2><a name="attrib">Attrib</a></h2>
<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> can be specified
using nested <code>&lt;fileset&gt;</code> elements.</p>

<h3>Parameters</h3>
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
    <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
    <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">file</td>
    <td valign="top">the file of which the permissions must be
    changed.</td>
    <td valign="top" valign="middle" rowspan="2">one of the two or
      nested <code>&lt;fileset&gt;</code> elements.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">dir</td>
    <td valign="top">the directory whose permissions must be
    changed.</td>
  </tr>
  <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>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">system</td>
    <td valign="top">the system permission.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">hidden</td>
    <td valign="top">the hidden permission.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <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.</td>
    <td align="center" valign="top">No, default is <i>file</i></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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<p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2002 Apache Software
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