.TH XATTR 1 "May  8, 2010"
.SH NAME
xattr \- sets or lists extended attributes on a file or directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBxattr\fR [ \fI-lz\fR ] \fBfilename\fR [ \fBfilename\fR ... ]
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\fBxattr\fR \fI-p\fR [ \fI-lz\fR ] \fIattr_name\fR \fBfilename\fR [ \fBfilename\fR ... ]
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\fBxattr\fR \fI-w\fR [ \fI-z\fR ] \fIattr_name\fR \fIattr_value\fR \fBfilename\fR [ \fBfilename\fR ... ]
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\fBxattr\fR \fI-d\fR \fIattr_name\fR \fBfilename\fR [ \fBfilename\fR ... ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the \fBxattr\fR command.
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The first form lists the names of all xattrs on the given file(s).
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The second form (\-p) prints the value of the xattr attr_name.
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The third form (\-w) sets the value of the xattr attr_name to attr_value.
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The fourth form (\-d) deletes the xattr attr_name.
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.SH OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
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.B \-h
Show summary of options.
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.B \-l
Print long format (attr_name: attr_value) when listing xattrs.
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.B \-z
Compress or decompress (if compressed) attribute value in zip format.
.SH EXAMPLES
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.B "xattr -w user.mykey myvalue myfile"
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.B "xattr -p user.mykey myfile"
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.B "xattr -d user.mykey myfile"
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.SH SEE ALSO
The Python module "xattr"
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.SH AUTHOR
xattr was written by Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com>.
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This manual page was written by Federico Ceratto,
for the Debian project (and may be used by others).