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/s
Applies attrib and any command-line options to matching files in the current directory and all of its subdirectories.
/d
Applies attrib and any command-line options to directories.
/l
Applies attrib and any command-line options to the Symbolic Link, rather than the target of the Symbolic Link.
/?
Displays help at the command prompt.
{+|-}r
{+\|-}a
{+\|-}s
{+\|-}h
{+\|-}i
[<drive>:][<path>][<filename>]
You can use the ? and * wildcard characters in the filename parameter to display or change the attributes for a group of files.
Examples
To display the attributes of a file named News86 that is located in the current directory, type:
attrib news86
To assign the Read-only attribute to the file named report.txt, type:
attrib +r report.txt
To remove the Read-only attribute from files in the public directory and its subdirectories on a disk in drive b:, type:
attrib -r b:\public\*.* /s
To set the Archive attribute for all files on drive a:, and then clear the Archive attribute for files with the .bak extension, type:
attrib +a a:*.* & attrib -a a:*.bak
attributes disk
Displays, sets, or clears the attributes of a disk. When this command is used to display the current attributes of a disk, the startup disk attribute denotes the disk used to start the computer. For a dynamic mirror, it displays the disk that contains the boot plex of the boot volume.
Important
A disk must be selected for the attributes disk command to succeed. Use the select disk command to select a disk and shift the focus to it.
Syntax
attributes disk [{set | clear}] [readonly] [noerr]
Parameters
Parameter
Description
set
Sets the specified attribute of the disk with focus.
clear
Clears the specified attribute of the disk with focus.
readonly
Specifies that the disk is read-only.
noerr
For scripting only. When an error is encountered, DiskPart continues to process commands as if the error did not occur. Without this parameter, an error causes DiskPart to exit with an error code.
Examples
To view the attributes of the selected disk, type:
attributes disk
To set the selected disk as read-only, type:
attributes disk set readonly
attributes volume
Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012
Displays, sets, or clears the attributes of a volume.
Syntax
attributes volume [{set | clear}] [{hidden | readonly | nodefaultdriveletter | shadowcopy}] [noerr]
Parameters
Parameter
Description
set
Sets the specified attribute of the volume with focus.
clear
Clears the specified attribute of the volume with focus.
readonly
Specifies that the volume is read-only.
hidden