How to remove file attributes?

Stephen

1/30/24, 4:32 AM

The Arch Linux version of gio has a set command that has a -d option to remove an attribute: https://man.archlinux.org/man/gio.1

But this set command delete option did not work when I tried it in Ubuntu. And the Ubuntu manual does not list this option, or any other option, to remove an attribute using the set command: https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/en/man1/gio.1.html

So how are attributes removed in Ubuntu?

The commands that did not work are:

gio set -d "/home/stephen/Desktop/Flameshot.desktop" "metadata::gedit-encoding"
gio set -d "/home/stephen/Desktop/Flameshot.desktop" "metadata::gedit-position"
gio set -d "/home/stephen/Desktop/Flameshot.desktop" "metadata::gedit-spell-language"
gio set -d "/home/stephen/Desktop/Flameshot.desktop" "metadata::nautilus-drop-position"
gio set -d "/home/stephen/Desktop/Flameshot.desktop" "metadata::nautilus-icon-position"

The response to each of them is this error:

gio: Unknown option -d

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user535733

1/30/24, 4:44 AM

I see different versions here. Have you looked for changelogs? Or the different patches that Debian and Arch apply during build and packaging?

user10489

1/30/24, 5:20 AM

What exact command line are you trying?

Stephen

1/30/24, 5:38 AM

To answer your question I edited in the commands you asked for to my original question.

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mook765

1/30/24, 5:50 AM

Following your examples, you can use

gio set --type=unset "/home/stephen/Desktop/Flameshot.desktop" "metadata::gedit-encoding"

According to the Arch Linux man page you linked in your question

-d, --delete
   Unsets an attribute (same as setting it's type to unset).

does the same as --type=unset.

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Stephen

1/30/24, 5:27 PM

This worked, thank you. What worked is `gio set --type=unset` . What did not work is `gio set -t=unset` , which as far as I can see should have. But what matters is I have a way that works. :)

mook765

1/30/24, 6:34 PM

@Stephen You should try `-t unset`, this way other commands handle it for the short option. Example from `man grep`: `-f FILE, --file=FILE`.

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