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author | Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com> | 2001-04-25 05:09:42 +0000 |
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committer | Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com> | 2001-04-25 05:09:42 +0000 |
commit | a276dd51c33073e08ecf646fe0f4834382c2c5d2 (patch) | |
tree | 4571eac5e809dd297b3f47dca70763acd374822d /man/man1 | |
parent | d07643493924977a570e23d0b9a6e6322e73c3d4 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/man/man1/attr.1 b/man/man1/attr.1 index 7d0302e..bf6cbbe 100644 --- a/man/man1/attr.1 +++ b/man/man1/attr.1 @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ attr \- manipulate Extended Attributes on filesystem objects .SH OVERVIEW Extended Attributes implement the ability for a user to attach name/value pairs to objects within the filesystem. -They are currently only supported in XFS filesystems. .P They could be used to store meta-information about the file. For example "character-set=kanji" could tell a document browser to @@ -56,8 +55,6 @@ The address space is protected by the normal file permissions mechanism, so the owner of the file can decide who is able to see and/or modify the value of attributes on any particular file. -.P -Attributes are currently supported only in the XFS filesystem type. .SH DESCRIPTION The .I attr @@ -149,9 +146,8 @@ but will not print status messages (to \f4stdout\fP). .SH "NOTES" The standard file interchange/archive programs .IR tar (1), -.IR cpio (1), and -.IR bru (1) +.IR cpio (1) will not archive or restore Extended Attributes, while the .IR xfsdump (8) @@ -163,3 +159,6 @@ attr_multi(2), attr_multif(2), attr_remove(2), attr_removef(2), attr_set(2), attr_setf(2), xfsdump(8). +.SH BUGS +The extended attributes system call used by this program is +experimental and is currently only supported by the XFS filesystem. |