pacrepairfile
resets properties on files managed by alpm
TLDR
Search for package and reset file properties
$ pacrepairfile path/to/file --package
Reset a file quietly$ pacrepairfile package_name --quiet --package
Reset specific file properties (mode, uid, gid, or mtime)$ pacrepairfile package_name --mode --package
Display help$ pacrepairfile --help
SYNOPSIS
pacrepairfile [options] target
DESCRIPTION
pacrepairfile resets properties on files managed by alpm (Arch Linux Package Manager). It can restore file permissions, ownership, and modification times to their original values as recorded in the package database.This is useful when file properties have been accidentally changed or corrupted.
PARAMETERS
--package
Search for the package owning the file--mode
Reset file permissions mode--uid
Reset file owner UID--gid
Reset file group GID--mtime
Reset file modification time--quiet
Suppress non-essential output--help
Display help message--version
Display version information
CAVEATS
Only works on files tracked by installed packages. Cannot repair files that were never part of a package.
HISTORY
Part of pacutils, a collection of utilities for Arch Linux package management built on libalpm.
SEE ALSO
pacman(8), pacrepairdb(1)
