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class:PosixFileAttributes [NONE]

All Superinterfaces:

BasicFileAttributes
```
public interface PosixFileAttributes
extends BasicFileAttributes
```
File attributes associated with files on file systems used by operating systems that implement the Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) family of standards.
The POSIX attributes of a file are retrieved using a PosixFileAttributeView by invoking its readAttributes method.

Since:

1.7

method:owner() [NONE]

owner
```
UserPrincipal owner()
```
Returns the owner of the file.

Returns:

the file owner

See Also:

FileOwnerAttributeView.setOwner(java.nio.file.attribute.UserPrincipal)

method:group() [NONE]

group
```
GroupPrincipal group()
```
Returns the group owner of the file.

Returns:

the file group owner

See Also:

PosixFileAttributeView.setGroup(java.nio.file.attribute.GroupPrincipal)

method:permissions() [NONE]

permissions
```
Set<PosixFilePermission> permissions()
```
Returns the permissions of the file. The file permissions are returned as a set of PosixFilePermission elements. The returned set is a copy of the file permissions and is modifiable. This allows the result to be modified and passed to the setPermissions method to update the file's permissions.

Returns:

the file permissions

See Also:

PosixFileAttributeView.setPermissions(java.util.Set<java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission>)

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