NAME¶

xattr - sets or lists extended attributes on a file or directory

SYNOPSIS¶

xattr [ -lz ] filename [ filename ... ] xattr -p [ -lz ] attr_name filename [ filename ... ] xattr -w [ -z ] attr_name attr_value filename [ filename ... ] xattr -d attr_name filename [ filename ... ]

DESCRIPTION¶

This manual page documents briefly the xattr command. The first form lists the names of all xattrs on the given file(s). The second form (-p) prints the value of the xattr attr_name. The third form (-w) sets the value of the xattr attr_name to attr_value. The fourth form (-d) deletes the xattr attr_name.

OPTIONS¶

A summary of options is included below.

-h

Show summary of options.

-l

Print long format (attr_name: attr_value) when listing xattrs.

-z

Compress or decompress (if compressed) attribute value in zip format).

SEE ALSO¶

The Python module "xattr"

AUTHOR¶

xattr was written by Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com>. This manual page was written by Federico Ceratto, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).