setfile(1)                                             setfile(1)



NAME
     setfile - sets attributes for Macintosh files, such as  file
     type and creator

SYNOPSIS
     setfile [-aattribute-string] [-ccreator]
     [-lhorizontal-pixels,vertical-pixels] [-ttype]
     [data-file]...

ARGUMENTS
     -aattribute-string
          Enables or disables any one or more Boolean attributes
          for a file through the inclusion of uppercase or
          lowercase letters in attribute-string.  Use uppercase
          characters to enable the attribute and lowercase
          characters to disable the attribute:

               a
               A    Enables or disables the switch-launch
                    attribute (if possible).

               d
               D    Enables or disables the desktop-located
                    attribute.

               i
               I    Enables or disables the initial attribute.

               l
               L    Enables or disables the locked attribute.

               m
               M    Enables or disables the shared attribute.

               s
               S    Enables or disables the system attribute.

               v
               V    Enables or disables the invisible attribute.

     -ccreator
          Sets the creator attribute for the file to the four-
          letter string creator.  Replace creator with the actual
          strings used by a Macintosh application.  creator code
          includes spaces, tabs, or metacharacters.  Enclose the
          code in quotation marks.

     data-file
          Specifies the Macintosh file to be changed.  If you are
          working with a pair of AppleDouble files, specify the
          name of the data file only, not the name of the header
          file.  The setfile command automatically looks for the



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          associated header file, which should have the same name
          as the data file, but with a percent sign (%) prefix.
          If setfile cannot find the header file, it creates one.

     -lhorizontal-pixels,vertical-pixels
          Sets the horizontal and vertical coordinates for the
          icon location to horizontal-pixels pixels from the left
          extreme and vertical-pixels pixels from the upper
          extreme.

     -ttype
          Sets the type attribute for the file to the four-letter
          string.  Replace type with the actual strings used by a
          Macintosh application.  type code includes spaces,
          tabs, or metacharacters.  Enclose the code in quotation
          marks.

DESCRIPTION
     setfile sets the file type and creator of an AppleSingle
     file or the header file of an AppleDouble pair.  See Inside
     Macintosh, Volume III, for a description of file types and
     creators.

     Most Macintosh applications open a document file only if
     they recognize the type and creator.  The Macintosh OS
     stores a file's type and creator in the directory.  A/UX
     stores the type and creator as an entry in either an
     AppleSingle file or the header file of an AppleDouble pair.
     When an A/UX Toolbox application creates a file by using the
     normal File Manager routines, it automatically creates an
     AppleSingle file with the appropriate type and creator.
     (See the description of the File Manager in Chapter 4 of
     Inside Macintosh.)

     The setfile command is useful when a file's type and creator
     are lost during a file transfer from the Macintosh
     environment to A/UX.  The setfile program is also useful
     when you want to use a data file that was created by the
     standard A/UX file system instead of the A/UX Toolbox File
     Manager.

     The usual symptom of an incorrect type is the file's failure
     to appear in the Open Standard File dialog box.

EXAMPLES
     This command establishes the type of the data files `report'
     and `house' as PNTG and the creator as MPNT:

        setfile -t PNTG -c MPNT report house






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FILES
     /mac/bin/setfile
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     derez(1), rez(1)

















































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