File System - File (Attributes|Metadata|Status)

About

file attributes are the metadata of a file.

A file consists also of attributes such as:

• path (location)
• its directory (act as a namespace)
• contents (only for regular file)
• the security descriptor,
• the extend attributes
  • the IO block size
  • the inode
  • the storage device id
  • …
• and the timestamps on the file:
  • the creation time
  • the modification time
  • the access time

List

• File Name
• File Path
• File Size: 4
• Blocks: 8
• IO Block Size: 4096
• File Type: regular file, directory, …
• storage Device id: ca02h/51714d
• Inode: 2522975
• Links: 1
• Permissions: (0644/-rw-r–r–)
• Owner: Uid: ( 500/ oracle)
• Group: Gid: ( 1001/oinstall)
• Access time: 2015-09-15 13:50:26.000000000 +0200
• Modify time: 2015-09-15 12:43:18.000000000 +0200
• Change time: 2015-09-15 12:43:18.000000000 +0200

Date

• Access - the last time the file was read
• Modify - the last time the content of the file was modified
• Change - the last time the meta data of the file was changed (e.g. permissions)

Management

• Windows: dos: Dos - Attrib Command (File Attributes)
• Linux: bash: Linux - Stat (File status)