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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
  2. <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
  3. "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  4. <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
  5. %general-entities;
  6. ]>
  7. <sect1 id="ch-system-attr" role="wrap">
  8. <?dbhtml filename="attr.html"?>
  9. <sect1info condition="script">
  10. <productname>attr</productname>
  11. <productnumber>&attr-version;</productnumber>
  12. <address>&attr-url;</address>
  13. </sect1info>
  14. <title>Attr-&attr-version;</title>
  15. <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr">
  16. <primary sortas="a-Attr">Attr</primary>
  17. </indexterm>
  18. <sect2 role="package">
  19. <title/>
  20. <para>The attr package contains utilities to administer the extended
  21. attributes on filesystem objects.</para>
  22. <segmentedlist>
  23. <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  24. <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  25. <seglistitem>
  26. <seg>&attr-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  27. <seg>&attr-ch6-du;</seg>
  28. </seglistitem>
  29. </segmentedlist>
  30. </sect2>
  31. <sect2 role="installation">
  32. <title>Installation of Attr</title>
  33. <para>Prepare Attr for compilation:</para>
  34. <screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
  35. --bindir=/bin \
  36. --disable-static \
  37. --sysconfdir=/etc \
  38. --docdir=/usr/share/doc/attr-&attr-version;</userinput></screen>
  39. <screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
  40. --disable-static \
  41. --sysconfdir=/etc \
  42. --docdir=/usr/share/doc/attr-&attr-version;</userinput></screen>
  43. <para>Compile the package:</para>
  44. <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  45. <para>The tests need to be run on a filesystem that supports extended
  46. attributes such as the ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystems.
  47. To test the results, issue:</para>
  48. <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
  49. <para>Install the package:</para>
  50. <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  51. <para>The shared library needs to be moved to
  52. <filename class="directory">/lib</filename>, and as a result the
  53. <filename class="extension">.so</filename> file in
  54. <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> will need to be recreated:</para>
  55. <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/libattr.so.* /lib
  56. ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libattr.so) /usr/lib/libattr.so</userinput></screen>
  57. </sect2>
  58. <sect2 id="contents-attr" role="content">
  59. <title>Contents of Attr</title>
  60. <segmentedlist>
  61. <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  62. <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
  63. <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
  64. <seglistitem>
  65. <seg>attr, getfattr, and setfattr</seg>
  66. <seg>libattr.so</seg>
  67. <seg>/usr/include/attr and /usr/share/doc/attr-&attr-version;</seg>
  68. </seglistitem>
  69. </segmentedlist>
  70. <variablelist>
  71. <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  72. <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  73. <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  74. <varlistentry id="attr">
  75. <term><command>attr</command></term>
  76. <listitem>
  77. <para>Extends attributes on filesystem objects</para>
  78. <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr attr">
  79. <primary sortas="b-attr">attr</primary>
  80. </indexterm>
  81. </listitem>
  82. </varlistentry>
  83. <varlistentry id="getfattr">
  84. <term><command>getfattr</command></term>
  85. <listitem>
  86. <para>Gets the extended attributes of filesystem objects</para>
  87. <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr getfattr">
  88. <primary sortas="b-getfattr">getfattr</primary>
  89. </indexterm>
  90. </listitem>
  91. </varlistentry>
  92. <varlistentry id="setfattr">
  93. <term><command>setfattr</command></term>
  94. <listitem>
  95. <para>Sets the extended attributes of filesystem objects</para>
  96. <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr setfattr">
  97. <primary sortas="b-setfattr">setfattr</primary>
  98. </indexterm>
  99. </listitem>
  100. </varlistentry>
  101. <varlistentry id="libattr">
  102. <term><filename class="libraryfile">libattr</filename></term>
  103. <listitem>
  104. <para>Contains the library functions for manipulating extended attributes</para>
  105. <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr libattr">
  106. <primary sortas="c-libattr">libattr</primary>
  107. </indexterm>
  108. </listitem>
  109. </varlistentry>
  110. </variablelist>
  111. </sect2>
  112. </sect1>