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getfattr - get extended attributes of filesystem objects
getfattr [-hRLP] -n name [-e en]
pathname...
getfattr [-hRLP] -d [-e en]
[-m pattern] pathname...
For each file, getfattr displays the file name, and the set
of extended attribute names (and optionally values) which are associated
with that file.
The output format of getfattr -d is as follows:
1: # file: somedir/
2: user.name0="value0"
3: user.name1="value1"
4: user.name2="value2"
5: ...
Line 1 identifies the file name for which the following lines are being
reported. The remaining lines (lines 2 to 4 above) show the name and value
pairs associated with the specified file.
- -n name, --name=name
- Dump
the value of the named extended attribute extended attribute.
- -d, --dump
- Dump
the values of all extended attributes associated with pathname.
- -e en, --encoding=en
- Encode values after retrieving them. Valid values of en are "text", "hex",
and "base64". Values encoded as text strings are enclosed in double quotes
("), while strings encoded as hexidecimal and base64 are prefixed with
0x and 0s, respectively.
- -h, --no-dereference
- Do not dereference symlinks. Instead
of the file a symlink refers to, the symlink itself is examined.
- -m pattern,
--match=pattern
- Only include attributes with names matching the regular expression
pattern. The default value for pattern is "^user\\.", which includes all the
attributes in the user namespace. Specify "-" for including all attributes.
Refer to attr(5)
for a more detailed discussion of namespaces.
- --absolute-names
- Do not strip leading slash characters (’/’). The default behaviour is to strip
leading slash characters.
- --only-values
- Dump out the extended attribute value(s)
only.
- -R, --recursive
- List the attributes of all files and directories recursively.
- -L, --logical
- Logical walk, follow symbolic links to directories. The default
behaviour is to follow symbolic link arguments, and to skip symbolic links
encountered in subdirectories. Only effective in combination with -R.
- -P, --physical
- Physical walk, do not follow symbolic links to directories. This also skips
symbolic link arguments. Only effective in combination with -R.
- --version
- Print
the version of getfattr and exit.
- --help
- Print help explaining the command
line options.
- --
- End of command line options. All remaining parameters are
interpreted as file names, even if they start with a dash character.
Andreas
Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at> and the SGI XFS development team,
<linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com>.
Please send your bug reports or comments to these addresses.
setfattr(1)
, and attr(5)
.
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