On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 02:07:35PM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
>
> Just for reference, although the attributes exist and i ithink are
> exactly what i need, it looks like the system has to be nudged a
> little to use them.
>
> So, for example, with cp, you need to do 'cp -a' to carry along the
> attributes ('cp -p' is not enough).
>
> Also, it looks like tar has to be told about the attributes both on
> the way in and on the way out:
> tar --xattr -cf my_archive.tar my_file
> tar --xattr -xf my_archive.tar
>
You are correct that most utilities do not handle/preserve the extended
attributes by default.
> It would be nice if the system could be told to use attributes by default.
>
I am not aware of there being a system-wide setting for that.
> But that's a very small nit compared to the value of having attributes.
>
> It sure seems like a big win to be able to skip devising ways to
> encode attributes into a file format.
>
> (And it looks like the system we're using originated at SGI, then
> through Red Hat (Andreas Gruenbacher). So glad it was kept alive and
> passed along!)
>
> dan
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
