26.8. Editing EXT File Attributes

Several UNIX filesystem types support special attributes on files beyond those that can be set with the normal chmod and chown commands. On Linux ext2 and ext3 filesystems, each file has several special options that are normally set with the chattr command. Assuming your system has at least one filesystem of this type, you can change the EXT attributes for files that it contains by following these steps:

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Select the file that you want to modify in the right-hand pane, and click the EXT button on the toolbar. This will bring up a window showing attributes that are currently set, assuming that the file is on an ext2 or ext3 filesystem.
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To stop the file's last access time being updated very time it is read, ...

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