1GFAL-XATTR(1) General Commands Manual GFAL-XATTR(1)
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6 gfal-xattr - show or set attributes of a file
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9 gfal-xattr [ OPTION ]... FILE [ ATTRIBUTE [= VALUE ]]
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13 gfal-xattr Display attributes of a file or set them to a new value.
14 This command comes in three forms, making it possible, for a specified
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20 -h, --help
21 show help about the command.
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24 output version information and exit.
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27 verbose mode. Repeat up to 3 times for the most verbose mode.
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30 define properties for gfal2.
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36 global timeout for the execution of the command. Command is
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52 gfal-xattr srm://endpoint.cern.ch/path/file
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73 Duarte Meneses <duarte.meneses@cern.ch>
74 Adrien Devresse <adrien.devresse@cern.ch>
75 Alejandro Alvarez Ayllon <alejandro.alvarez.ayllon@cern.ch>
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80 gfal-rename(1), gfal-rm(1), gfal-save(1), gfal-stat(1), gfal-sum(1),
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