1SETFATTR(1)                     File Utilities                     SETFATTR(1)
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NAME

6       setfattr - set extended attributes of filesystem objects
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SYNOPSIS

9       setfattr [-h] -n name [-v value] pathname...
10       setfattr [-h] -x name pathname...
11       setfattr [-h] --restore=file
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DESCRIPTION

14       The  setfattr command associates a new value with an extended attribute
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OPTIONS

18       -n name, --name=name
19           Specifies the name of the extended attribute to set.
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21       -v value, --value=value
22           Specifies the new value of the extended attribute. There are  three
23           methods  available  for encoding the value.  If the given string is
24           enclosed in double quotes, the inner string is treated as text.  In
25           that  case, backslashes and double quotes have special meanings and
26           need to be escaped by a preceding backslash. Any control characters
27           can be encoded as a backslash followed by three digits as its ASCII
28           code in octal. If the  given  string  begins  with  0x  or  0X,  it
29           expresses  a hexadecimal number. If the given string begins with 0s
30           or 0S, base64 encoding is expected.  See also the --encoding option
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34           Remove the named extended attribute entirely.
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36       -h, --no-dereference
37           Do  not follow symlinks.  If pathname is a symbolic link, it is not
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41           Restores extended attributes from file.  The file must  be  in  the
42           format  generated  by  the getfattr command with the --dump option.
43           If a dash (-) is given as the file name, setfattr reads from  stan‐
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46       --version
47           Print the version of setfattr and exit.
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49       --help
50           Print help explaining the command line options.
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52       --  End  of  command line options.  All remaining parameters are inter‐
53           preted as file names, even if they start with a dash character.
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AUTHOR

56       Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at> and the SGI XFS devel‐
57       opment team, <linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com>.
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59       Please send your bug reports or comments to these addresses.
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SEE ALSO

62       getfattr(1), and attr(5).
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66Dec 2001                      Extended Attributes                  SETFATTR(1)
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