On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:16 PM, David Christensen
wrote:
> On 12/19/17 14:07, 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 ne
On 12/19/17 14:07, 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
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
> attri
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:03:36AM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
>> Awesome, Tomas, awesome.
>>
.
>> But obviously the attr program has programmatic access to the
>> attributes, so presumably all i need to do is hunt down its code and
>> l
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:03:36AM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
> Awesome, Tomas, awesome.
>
> So it was implicit in my system all this time.
>
> Good grief.
>
> Anyhow, yes, that's exactly what i was looking for.
>
> Well, i guess a little more: i want programmatic access to the
> attributes as well
Awesome, Tomas, awesome.
So it was implicit in my system all this time.
Good grief.
Anyhow, yes, that's exactly what i was looking for.
Well, i guess a little more: i want programmatic access to the
attributes as well.
But obviously the attr program has programmatic access to the
attributes, s
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On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:27:38AM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
> BeOS had (and i imagine Haiku has) a file system that allows all kinds
> of attributes to be attached to a file.
Most self-respecting file systems on Linux have extended
attributes these days
BeOS had (and i imagine Haiku has) a file system that allows all kinds
of attributes to be attached to a file.
I understand it to be something like having a two-column key-value
table attached to every file.
I understand that file system was ported to linux with the name BeFS
(the Be name of 'BFS
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