tldr/pages/linux/chattr.md

# chattr

> Change attributes of files or directories.

- Make a file or directory immutable to changes and deletion, even by superuser:

`chattr +i {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Make a file or directory mutable:

`chattr -i {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Recursively make an entire directory and contents immutable:

`chattr -R +i {{path/to/directory}}`
chattr: add page 2016-02-16 08:14:30 +00:00			`# chattr`

Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`> Change attributes of files or directories.`
chattr: add page 2016-02-16 08:14:30 +00:00
Refactor: add missing `or_directory` where needed. This commit adds the missing `_or_directory` to any example which is specifying an action affecting a file or a directory, but uses the token `{{path/to/file}}` instead of `{{path/to/file_or_directory}}`. 2019-02-08 00:31:19 +00:00			`- Make a file or directory immutable to changes and deletion, even by superuser:`
chattr: add page 2016-02-16 08:14:30 +00:00
Refactor: add missing `or_directory` where needed. This commit adds the missing `_or_directory` to any example which is specifying an action affecting a file or a directory, but uses the token `{{path/to/file}}` instead of `{{path/to/file_or_directory}}`. 2019-02-08 00:31:19 +00:00			`chattr +i {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
chattr: add page 2016-02-16 08:14:30 +00:00
Refactor: add missing `or_directory` where needed. This commit adds the missing `_or_directory` to any example which is specifying an action affecting a file or a directory, but uses the token `{{path/to/file}}` instead of `{{path/to/file_or_directory}}`. 2019-02-08 00:31:19 +00:00			`- Make a file or directory mutable:`
chattr: add page 2016-02-16 08:14:30 +00:00
Refactor: add missing `or_directory` where needed. This commit adds the missing `_or_directory` to any example which is specifying an action affecting a file or a directory, but uses the token `{{path/to/file}}` instead of `{{path/to/file_or_directory}}`. 2019-02-08 00:31:19 +00:00			`chattr -i {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
chattr: add page 2016-02-16 08:14:30 +00:00
Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`- Recursively make an entire directory and contents immutable:`
chattr: add page 2016-02-16 08:14:30 +00:00
Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`chattr -R +i {{path/to/directory}}`