How do I change a file's attribute using Powershell?

Question

I have a Powershell script that copies files from one location to another. Once the copy is complete I want to clear the Archive attribute on the files in the source location t

Answer 1

You may use the following command to toggle the behaviour

$file = (gci e:\temp\test.txt)
$file.attributes
Archive

$file.attributes = $file.Attributes -bxor ([System.IO.FileAttributes]::Archive)
$file.attributes
Normal

$file.attributes = $file.Attributes -bxor ([System.IO.FileAttributes]::Archive)
$file.attributes
Archive