"O" file attribute

[George Lake]

How do I change the "O" file attribute?

 

[Tim.Olsen]

O?

Do you mean the file owner?
support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

Or are you refering to (OI) and (IO) in cacls and xcacls?
If you are, those are flags that describe the inheritance behavior of
the ACE.

 

[George Lake]

No, In Windows Explorer if I view the file attributes, some files have an
"O" as attribute., justlike "A", "S", "R" and or "H"
This "O" I can not reset.

 

[John John]

That is an extented NTFS attribute. It stands for "Offline". You
shouldn't change the attribute, it means the actual or "real" file is
stored remotely.

John

 

[George Lake]

mmm.

This attribute is prventing a series of SQL tasks to run.
So, your saying that some processes is archiving the files on Tape?

G.

 

[John John]

The original could be on a file server, on the internet somewhere, on
your laptop... I believe Remote Storage is involved in these "O"
attributes and that File Synchronization uses the attribute to know
which files to synchronize (I think). I do believe that (some) backup
software also pays attention to the attribute in order not to backup
these files and thus corrupt the original versions or pay special
attention when backing them up. I'm not sure how to change the
attribute the "Microsoft" way but I know that there are third party
tools or software that can change the attribute. Example:

http://www.febooti.com/products/filetweak/online-help/offline-file-attribute.html
http://www.febooti.com/products/filetweak/online-help/
http://www.jpsoft.com/help/index.htm?fileattr.htm

John