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 14.9 File Attributes
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 When you issue an 'ls -l' shell command on a file, it gives you
 information about the size of the file, who owns it, when it was last
 modified, etc.  These are called the "file attributes", and are
 associated with the file itself and not a particular one of its names.
 
    This section contains information about how you can inquire about and
 modify the attributes of a file.
 

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* Attribute Meanings          The names of the file attributes,
                                  and what their values mean.
* Reading Attributes          How to read the attributes of a file.
* Testing File Type           Distinguishing ordinary files,
                                  directories, links...
* File Owner                  How ownership for new files is determined,
 			         and how to change it.
* Permission Bits             How information about a file's access
                                  mode is stored.
* Access Permission           How the system decides who can access a file.
* Setting Permissions         How permissions for new files are assigned,
 			         and how to change them.
* Testing File Access         How to find out if your process can
                                  access a file.
* File Times                  About the time attributes of a file.
* File Size                   Manually changing the size of a file.
* Storage Allocation          Allocate backing storage for files.
 
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