getfattr(1)

NAME

   getfattr - get extended attributes of filesystem objects

SYNOPSIS

   getfattr [-hRLP] -n name [-e en] pathname...
   getfattr [-hRLP] -d [-e en] [-m pattern] pathname...

DESCRIPTION

   For each file, getfattr displays the file name, and the set of extended
   attribute names (and optionally values) which are associated with  that
   file.

   The output format of getfattr -d is as follows:
           1:  # file: somedir/
           2:  user.name0="value0"
           3:  user.name1="value1"
           4:  user.name2="value2"
           5:  ...

   Line 1 identifies the file name for which the following lines are being
   reported.  The remaining lines (lines 2 to 4 above) show the  name  and
   value pairs associated with the specified file.

OPTIONS

   -n name, --name=name
       Dump the value of the named extended attribute extended attribute.

   -d, --dump
       Dump   the  values  of  all  extended  attributes  associated  with
       pathname.

   -e en, --encoding=en
       Encode values after  retrieving  them.   Valid  values  of  en  are
       "text",  "hex",  and  "base64".  Values encoded as text strings are
       enclosed in double quotes ("), while strings encoded as hexidecimal
       and base64 are prefixed with 0x and 0s, respectively.

   -h, --no-dereference
       Do  not  dereference symlinks. Instead of the file a symlink refers
       to, the symlink itself is examined.  Unless doing  a  logical  (-L)
       traversal, do not traverse symlinks to directories.

   -m pattern, --match=pattern
       Only  include attributes with names matching the regular expression
       pattern.  The  default  value  for  pattern  is  "^user\\.",  which
       includes  all the attributes in the user namespace. Specify "-" for
       including all attributes.  Refer to attr(5)  for  a  more  detailed
       discussion of namespaces.

   --absolute-names
       Do not strip leading slash characters ('/').  The default behaviour
       is to strip leading slash characters.

   --only-values
       Dump out the raw extended attribute value(s) without encoding them.

   -R, --recursive
       List the attributes of all files and directories recursively.

   -L, --logical
       Logical walk, follow symbolic links to  directories.   The  default
       behaviour   is   to   follow   symbolic   link   arguments   unless
       --no-dereference is given, and to skip symbolic  links  encountered
       in subdirectories.  Only effective in combination with -R.

   -P, --physical
       Physical  walk,  do not follow symbolic links to directories.  This
       also skips symbolic link arguments.  Only effective in  combination
       with -R.

   --version
       Print the version of getfattr and exit.

   --help
       Print help explaining the command line options.

   --  End   of  command  line  options.   All  remaining  parameters  are
       interpreted  as  file  names,  even  if  they  start  with  a  dash
       character.

AUTHOR

   Andreas   Gruenbacher,  <[email protected]>  and  the  SGI  XFS
   development team, <[email protected]>.

   Please send your bug reports or comments to these addresses.

SEE ALSO

   setfattr(1), and attr(5).

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