NAME
xattr - sets or lists extended attributes on a file or directory
SYNOPSIS
xattr [ -l ] filename [ attr_name [ attr_value ] ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the xattr command.
With no optional arguments, lists the xattrs on file.
With attr_name only, lists the contents of attr_name on file.
With attr_value, set the contents of attr_name on file.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
-h Show summary of options.
-l print long format (attr_name: attr_value) when listing xattrs.
SEE ALSO
The Python module "xattr"
AUTHOR
xattr was written by Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com>.
This manual page was written by Federico Ceratto, for the Debian
project (and may be used by others).
May 8, 2010