What are file attributes and how do I set them?
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File attributes are extra features you can use to tune a given file. The two commands that are used for viewing and changing file attributes are lsattr and chattr respectively.
Both of these commands are contained in the package e2fsprogs.
lsattr outputs the current attributes of a given file, if no argument is given, then it di...
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