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SETFATTR
Section: File Utilities (1)
Updated: Extended Attributes
Index NAME
setfattr - set extended attributes of filesystem objects
SYNOPSIS
setfattr [-h] -n name [-v value] pathname...setfattr [-h] -x name pathname...setfattr [-h] --restore=file
DESCRIPTION
The
setfattrcommand associates a new
valuewith an extended attribute
namefor each specified file.
OPTIONS
- -n name, --name=name
- Specifies the name of the extended attribute to set.
- -v value, --value=value
- Specifies the new value for the extended attribute.
- -x name, --remove=name
- Remove the named extended attribute entirely.
- -h, --no-dereference
- Do not follow symlinks. Ifpathnameis a symbolic link, it is not followed, but is instead itself theinode being modified.
- --restore=file
- Restores extended attributes from file.The file must be in the format generated by thegetfattrcommand with the--dumpoption.If a dash (-)is given as the file name,setfattrreads from standard input.
- --version
- Print the version ofsetfattrand exit.
- --help
- Print help explaining the command line options.
- --
- End of command line options.All remaining parameters are interpreted as file names, even if theystart with a dash character.
AUTHOR
Andreas Gruenbacher,<
a.gruenbacherAATTcomputer.org>and the SGI XFS development team,<
linux-xfsAATToss.sgi.com>.Please send your bug reports or comments to these addresses.
SEE ALSO
getfattr(1), and
attr(5).
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- AUTHOR
- SEE ALSO
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