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NAME

       aegis file attributes - modify the attributes of a file

SYNOPSIS

       aegis -File_ATtributes -File attr-file [ option...  ] filename
       aegis -File_ATtributes -Edit [ option...  ] filename
       aegis -File_ATtributes [ option...  ] name=value filename
       aegis -File_ATtributes -UUID number -File filename
       aegis -File_ATtributes -Help

DESCRIPTION

       The aegis -File_ATtributes command is used to set, edit or list the
       attributes of a file.

       The output of the -List variant is suitable for use as input at a later
       time.

       See aefattr(5) for a description of the file format.

       Attribute names are not case sensitive.  File attributes with a name
       starting with an upper case letter will appear in ael(1) and aeget(1)
       listings, while those starting with a lower case letter will not.

   Shorthand
       If you are only setting the values of unique attributes, it is possible
       to do this from the command line, using the name=value form.

       Note that this usage will replace the first attribute with the given
       name.  If there is more than one attribute of that name, the second and
       subsequent attributes are unchanged.  If there is no attribute of the
       given name, it will be appended.

       You may set more than one attribute at a time, provided that their
       names are unique.  Attribute names are not case sensitive.

   Known Attribute Names
       While many of the anticipated uses of file attributes are to allow
       projects to attach their own specialized data to individual files,
       Aegis also uses some attributes for its own purposes (and arguably,
       should always have done so to maximize forwards compatibility across
       Aegis upgrades).

       content-type
               This is taken directly from the MIME definition of Content-
               Type.  It remembers what sort of file this is.  It is
               anticipated that a diff tool, for example, could make use of
               this attribute to provide format-specific file difference
               listings.  Some change set interchange formats are capable of
               carrying this information.

       entire-source-hide
               boolean.  If true, this file is not included by the aedist
               -entire-source flag.  The aetar and aerevml commands work
               similarly.  Think of it as a "local only" flag.

       foreign-copyright
               boolean.  If true, this file will not be checked by the aede-
               policy(1) copyright validation.

       aede-policy-tabs-allowed
               boolean.  If true, the no-tabs policy of the aede-policy(1)
               command does not apply.

       aede-policy-line-length
               integer.  The maximum allowed line length in the line-length
               policy of the aede-policy(1) command; infinity if 0.

       local-source-hide
               boolean.  If true, this file is not included by aedist change
               sets.  The aetar and aerevml commands work similarly.  Change
               sets which contain only thee files will be omitted from the
               aedist -inventory output.  Think of it as a "local only" flag.

       aeipass-options:assign-file-uuid
               boolean.  If false, aeipass will not assign a fresh UUID to
               this file.  This flag is set by aedist -rec if the action
               associated with the file is a create and the file is missing
               the UUID.  This behaviour is needed to prevent the effect of
               having different UUIDs assigned to the same file in different
               repositories.

OPTIONS

       The following options are understood:

       -BAse_RElative
               This option may be used to cause relative filenames to be
               considered relative to the base of the source tree.  See
               aeuconf(5) for the corresponding user preference.

       -CUrrent_RElative
               This option may be used to cause relative filenames to be
               considered relative to the current directory.  This is usually
               the default.  See aeuconf(5) for the corresponding user
               preference.

       -Change number
               This option may be used to specify a particular change within a
               project.  See aegis(1) for a complete description of this
               option.

       -Help
               This option may be used to obtain more information about how to
               use the aegis program.

       -List
               This option may be used to obtain a list of suitable subjects
               for this command.  The list may be more general than expected.

       -Project name
               This option may be used to select the project of interest.
               When no -Project option is specified, the AEGIS_PROJECT
               environment variable is consulted.  If that does not exist, the
               user’s $HOME/.aegisrc file is examined for a default project
               field (see aeuconf(5) for more information).  If that does not
               exist, when the user is only working on changes within a single
               project, the project name defaults to that project.  Otherwise,
               it is an error.

       -TERse
               This option may be used to cause listings to produce the bare
               minimum of information.  It is usually useful for shell
               scripts.  -Universal_Unique_IDentifier number This option may
               be used to set the UUID of a file.

       -Verbose
               This option may be used to cause aegis to produce more output.
               By default aegis only produces output on errors.  When used
               with the -List option this option causes column headings to be
               added.

       -Wait   This option may be used to require Aegis commands to wait for
               access locks, if they cannot be obtained immediately.  Defaults
               to the user’s lock_wait_preference if not specified, see
               aeuconf(5) for more information.

       -No_Wait
               This option may be used to require Aegis commands to emit a
               fatal error if access locks cannot be obtained immediately.
               Defaults to the user’s lock_wait_preference if not specified,
               see aeuconf(5) for more information.

       See also aegis(1) for options common to all aegis commands.

       All options may be abbreviated; the abbreviation is documented as the
       upper case letters, all lower case letters and underscores (_) are
       optional.  You must use consecutive sequences of optional letters.

       All options are case insensitive, you may type them in upper case or
       lower case or a combination of both, case is not important.

       For example: the arguments "-project, "-PROJ" and "-p" are all
       interpreted to mean the -Project option.  The argument "-prj" will not
       be understood, because consecutive optional characters were not
       supplied.

       Options and other command line arguments may be mixed arbitrarily on
       the command line, after the function selectors.

       The GNU long option names are understood.  Since all option names for
       aegis are long, this means ignoring the extra leading ’-’.  The
       "--option=value" convention is also understood.

RECOMMENDED ALIAS

       The recommended alias for this command is
       csh%    alias aefa ’aegis -fat \!* -v’
       sh$     aefa(){aegis -fat "$@" -v}

ERRORS

       It is an error if the current user is not an administrator of the
       specified project.
       It is an error if the current user is not the developer of the
       specified change.
       It is an error if the file is not included in the specified change.

EXIT STATUS

       The aegis command will exit with a status of 1 on any error.  The aegis
       command will only exit with a status of 0 if there are no errors.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See aegis(1) for a list of environment variables which may affect this
       command.  See aepconf(5) for the project configuration file’s project_
       specific field for how to set environment variables for all commands
       executed by Aegis.

SEE ALSO

       aeca(5) modify the attributes of a change

       aefattr(5)
               file attributes file format

COPYRIGHT

       aegis version 4.24.3.D001
       Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
       2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Peter
       Miller

       The aegis program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use
       the ’aegis -VERSion License’ command.  This is free software and you
       are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details
       use the ’aegis -VERSion License’ command.

AUTHOR

       Peter Miller   E-Mail:   millerp@canb.auug.org.au
       /\/\*             WWW:   http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/