File Attributes

A file attribute is a hexadecimal value of the format 0xnnnnnnnn. The value may be combined from multiple attributes from the list below.

0x00000001 FAT file attribute Read-only (R).

0x00000002 FAT file attribute Hidden (H)

0x00000004 FAT file attribute System (S)

0x00000020 FAT file attribute Archive

0x00000080 FAT file attribute Normal

0x00000100 File attribute Temporary

0x00002000 File attribute Not content indexed (Windows 2000 NTFS)

Example: File attribute 0x00000005

This is the sum of the file attributes "System" (0x00000004) and "Read-only" (0x00000001)