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BFS supports associating attributes with a file, either under program control or from the command line. Attributes can be searched and sorted by the file system, as an extension of any application.

A lot of information is available about individual files on a Unix system. For example, the ls -l command will display the permissions matrix and ls -i will display a file’s inode. But, if we ...

Can't set file attributes MacFixIt reader Stephen Suess reports an issue with AFP-generated files -- an inability to set file attributes (including comments accessible via the "Get Info" window ...