NAME
xattr - sets or lists extended attributes on a file or directory
SYNOPSIS
xattr [
-lz ] filename [ filename ... ]
xattr -p [ -lz ] attr_name
filename [ filename ... ]
xattr -w [ -z ] attr_name
attr_value filename [ filename ... ]
xattr -d attr_name filename [
filename ... ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the xattr command.
The first form
lists the names of all xattrs on the given file(s).
The second form (-p) prints the value of the xattr
attr_name.
The third form (-w) sets the value of the xattr attr_name to
attr_value.
The fourth form (-d) deletes the xattr attr_name.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
|
-h |
Show summary of options. | ||
|
-l |
Print long format (attr_name: attr_value) when listing xattrs. | ||
|
-z |
Compress or decompress (if compressed) attribute value in zip format. |
EXAMPLES
xattr -w
user.mykey myvalue myfile
xattr -p user.mykey myfile
xattr -d user.mykey myfile
SEE ALSO
The Python module "xattr"
AUTHOR
xattr was written by Bob Ippolito <bob [AT] redivi.com>.
This manual page was written by Federico Ceratto, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).