What Unix command is used to assert a file or folder's color label assignment?

I'm doing some scripting to automate processes on my XSan. One of the functions I find I'm doing over and over frequently is changing file ownership, permissions, changing the color of the parent folder based on the status of the files in it, and then locking the file. I know the UNIX equivalents for three of the four commands:
chown-- for the file ownership
chmod-- for the permissions
chflags-- for the lock bit
but I've been looking through man pages all day and can't find what command asserts the file or folder's "label" color attribute. I'd rather do this in command line that in Automator, as it's faster and I have hundreds of folders containing files that I need to lock down. My boss is considering replacing XSAN with Compellent, and I'm trying to show how easy MacOS is to manage when you can script everything involved in maintaining it. This will go a long way towards making that case.

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(_seb_) wrote:
> Gary White wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:15:04 +0100, "(_seb_)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
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>>>
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>>
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>
>
> I know that, but what is the name of the directory? It
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>
> What's a valid encoding for a directory named "ça
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>
>
>
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