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
setfattr
command associates a new
value
with an extended attribute
R name
for each specified file.
OPTIONS
R -n name, --name =name
Specifies the name of the extended attribute to set.
R -v value, --value =value
Specifies the new value for the extended attribute.
R -x name, --remove =name
Remove the named extended attribute entirely.
R -h , --no-dereference
Do not follow symlinks. If
pathname
is a symbolic link, it is not followed, but is instead itself the
inode being modified.
R --restore =file
Restores extended attributes from file.
The file must be in the format generated by the
getfattr
command with the
--dump
option.
If a dash (\c
R - )
is given as the file name,
setfattr
reads from standard input.
--version
Print the version of
setfattr
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.
AUTHOR
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.
SEE ALSO
getfattr(1), and attr(5).
