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author | Barry Naujok <bnaujok@sgi.com> | 2007-10-22 15:51:20 +0000 |
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committer | Barry Naujok <bnaujok@sgi.com> | 2007-10-22 15:51:20 +0000 |
commit | 338d2e92e858f76f54b05ef83ce5e4df8e71d5b8 (patch) | |
tree | 7eb1b6af8b4ce33e3c8e287d2dbb221ccdfb9c73 /man/man1/attr.1 | |
parent | 1892120ed3888fdd57170589032f39dcda8e6f46 (diff) | |
download | attr-338d2e92e858f76f54b05ef83ce5e4df8e71d5b8.tar.gz |
Fix attr man pages
Merge of master-melb:xfs-cmds:29936a by kenmcd.
Fix attr man pages
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/man1/attr.1 b/man/man1/attr.1 index ab555f1..a1b30b3 100644 --- a/man/man1/attr.1 +++ b/man/man1/attr.1 @@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ attr \- extended attributes on XFS filesystem objects .SH OVERVIEW Extended attributes implement the ability for a user to attach name:value pairs to objects within the XFS filesystem. -.P -They could be used to store meta-information about the file. -For example "character-set=kanji" could tell a document browser to -use the Kanji character set when displaying that document -and "thumbnail=..." could provide a reduced resolution overview of a -high resolution graphic image. .PP This document describes the .I attr @@ -32,7 +26,13 @@ filesystem independent extended attribute manipulation, consult the and .IR setfattr (1) documentation. -.P +.PP +Extended attributes can be used to store meta-information about the file. +For example "character-set=kanji" could tell a document browser to +use the Kanji character set when displaying that document +and "thumbnail=..." could provide a reduced resolution overview of a +high resolution graphic image. +.PP In the XFS filesystem, the .I names can be up to 256 bytes in length, terminated by the first 0 byte. @@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ names for the attribute. The .I values can be up to 64KB of arbitrary binary data. -.P +.PP Attributes can be attached to all types of XFS inodes: regular files, directories, symbolic links, device nodes, etc. -.P +.PP XFS uses 2 disjoint attribute name spaces associated with every filesystem object. They are the |