You can, indeed, unset attributes. "gvfs-set-attribute myfolder -t unset metadata::custom-icon" would delete the metadata::custom-icon attribute from "myfolder".
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/966198 Title: No way to unset attributes set with gvfs-set-attribute Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When adding an attribute to a file with gvfs-set-attribute, there is no way to then unset it, as gvfs-set-attribute does not have a "-- unset" option, and there is no accompannying gvfs-unset-attribute command. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gvfs-bin 1.11.5-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic-pae 3.2.12 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Mar 27 09:07:41 2012 SourcePackage: gvfs UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (74 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/966198/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp