Thanks Kevin.. there's a thread in the mail list archive here: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-findutils/2018-07/threads.html .. regarding what needed cleaning up
cheers On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 12:47, Kevin Locke <ke...@kevinlocke.name> wrote: > On Thu, 2020-08-13 at 12:37 +1000, Morgan Weetman wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 12:21, Kevin Locke <ke...@kevinlocke.name> wrote: > >> On Thu, 2020-08-13 at 12:02 +1000, Morgan Weetman wrote: > >>> On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 00:34, Kevin Locke wrote: > >>>> It would be great if find could support searching for files based on > the > >>>> presence/absence of extended attributes (xattrs). > >>> > >>> I wrote support for this a few years ago but it needs a lot of tidying > to > >>> be accepted and I haven't had the time. I can share the GitLab repo > with > >>> you if you'd like to play with it, > >> > >> That's great! I'll bet it would be a useful reference and starting > >> point for potential implementers (myself included). > > > > Done.. I just made the repo public: > https://gitlab.com/mweetman/findutils > > > > This also has support for finding files based on capabilities which was > my > > primary goal, xattr support was a (bonus) intermediate step I had to go > > through along the way > > > > enjoy > > This is great! Do you recall what you had in mind to tidy it up before > submitting it for inclusion? It looks reasonably clean and functional > to me. (But I haven't tested yet - will soon!) > > Thanks again, > Kevin > > -- Morgan Weetman Services Content Architect M: +61 439 469 793 https://www.redhat.com/en/services/training-and-certification
