OT: Changing MSDOS attributes from Linux?

[T.C. Hollingsworth]

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Michael D. Setzer II
<mikes at kuentos.guam.net> wrote:
> Is there a Linux command that can change the DOS attributes on
> flash devices with FAT and NTFS filesystems? mattrib does not
> seem to work?

mattrib only works on FAT filesystems.  You can change NTFS file
attributes using the same tools used to change Linux extended file
attributes, as described here:
http://b.andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/extend-attr.html#ntfsattributes

-T.C.