How to Modify File or Folder Properties (Command Line)

1. Determine which file or folder properties you want to modify.

   • File - For example, modify the properties of the web-server/ApacheServer/ApacheWebServer.flar file.

   • Folder - For example, modify the properties of the web-server/ApacheServer folder.

2. To modify the properties, supply the property names and values.

   $ changemgr fileset [ -u username ] [ -p file ] [ -s name=value ] ... \ [ -s name ] ... relfilepath ...

   -s name=value

   Specify one or more name-value pairs. name is the property name, and value is the property value. Supply this option for each property value you want to set. If value is blank, then the property is assigned an empty value.

   -s name

   Specify one or more property names to delete, where name is the property name. Supply this option for each property you want to delete.

   relfilepath

   Specifies the path to a file or folder that is relative to the top of the Change Manager repository.

   For descriptions of the other options, see How to Create a Folder (Command Line).

Example-Modifying File Properties

Suzi modifies the Description property of the web-server/ApacheServer/ApacheWebServer.flar file.

$ changemgr fileset -s Description="Apache Web Server archive" \
/web-server/ApacheServer/ApacheWebServer.flar

Example-Deleting a File Property

Suzi deletes the Description property of the web-server/ApacheServer/ApacheWebServer.flar file.

$ changemgr fileset -s Description \
/web-server/ApacheServer/ApacheWebServer.flar

Example-Deleting File Properties

Suzi deletes the Description property and the Name property from the web-server/ApacheServer/ApacheWebServer.flar file.

$ changemgr fileset -s Description -s Name \
/web-server/ApacheServer/ApacheWebServer.flar

Example-Deleting a File Property From One or More Files

Suzi deletes the Description property from the web-server/ApacheServer/ApacheWebServer.flar file and the web-server/ApacheServer/ApacheWebServer.txt file.

$ changemgr fileset -s Description \
/web-server/ApacheServer/ApacheWebServer.flar \
/web-server/ApacheServer/ApacheWebServer.txt

Example-Recursively Setting Folder Properties

Suzi recursively sets the Description property of the contents of the web-server/Apache Server folder.

$ changemgr fileset -R \
-s Description="File related to the Apache Web Server" \
/web-server/ApacheServer

Example-Modifying Folder Properties

Suzi modifies the Description property of the web-server/Apache Server folder.

$ changemgr fileset \
-s Description="Folder to hold Apache Web Server files" \
/web-server/ApacheServer