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authorNathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>2001-04-25 05:09:42 +0000
committerNathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>2001-04-25 05:09:42 +0000
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@@ -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.