pacrepairfile

Search for package and reset file properties

$ pacrepairfile path/to/file --package

$ pacrepairfile package_name --quiet --package

$ pacrepairfile package_name --mode --package

$ pacrepairfile --help

pacrepairfile [options] target

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.

--package

Search for the package owning the file

Reset file permissions mode

Reset file owner UID

Reset file group GID

Reset file modification time

Suppress non-essential output

Display help message

Display version information

Only works on files tracked by installed packages. Cannot repair files that were never part of a package.

Part of pacutils, a collection of utilities for Arch Linux package management built on libalpm.

pacman(8), pacrepairdb(1)