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<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">

<refentry id="gvfs-set-attribute">

        <refentryinfo>
                <title>gvfs-set-attribute</title>
                <productname>gvfs</productname>

                <authorgroup>
                        <author>
                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
                                <firstname>Alexander</firstname>
                                <surname>Larsson</surname>
                                <email>alexl@redhat.com</email>
                        </author>
                </authorgroup>

        </refentryinfo>

        <refmeta>
                <refentrytitle>gvfs-set-attribute</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
                <refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
        </refmeta>

        <refnamediv>
                <refname>gvfs-set-attribute</refname>
                <refpurpose>Set file attributes</refpurpose>
        </refnamediv>

        <refsynopsisdiv>
                <cmdsynopsis>
                        <command>gvfs-set-attribute <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTION</arg> <arg choice="req">LOCATION</arg> <arg choice="req">ATTRIBUTE</arg> <arg choice="req" rep="repeat">VALUE</arg></command>
                </cmdsynopsis>
        </refsynopsisdiv>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Description</title>

                <para><command>gvfs-set-attribute</command> allows to set
                a file attribute on a file.</para>

                <para>File attributes can be specified with their gvfs name,
                e.g. standard::icon. Note that not all file attributes that
                are supported by gvfs are writable.
                <command>gvfs-info --query-writable</command> lists writable
                file attributes.</para>

        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Options</title>

                <para>The following options are understood:</para>

                <variablelist>
                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option></term>

                                <listitem><para>Prints a short help
                                text and exits.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><option>--version</option></term>

                                <listitem><para>Shows the version number and
                                exits.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><option>-t</option>, <option>--type=TYPE</option></term>

                                <listitem><para>Specifies the type of the attribute. Supported types are string, stringv, bytestring, boolean, uint32, int32, uint64, int64, object and unset.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><option>-n</option>, <option>--nofollow-symlinks</option></term>

                                <listitem><para>Don't follow symlinks.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>
                </variablelist>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Exit status</title>

                <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
                code otherwise.</para>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>See Also</title>
                <para>
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gvfs-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <ulink url="http://developer.gnome.org/gio/2.32/gio-GFileAttribute.html">GIO file attributes</ulink>

                </para>
        </refsect1>

</refentry>