7.3. EA Command Line Interface

attr package maintained by Andreas Gruenbacher and SGI

getfattr(1) for getting/listing EAs
setfattr(1) for setting and removing EAs,
Names are prefixed with the namespace

attr command sets/removes/gets/lists EAs

Based on IRIX command, provides common interface for XFS EAs
Namespace specified with options
More closely models what XFS actually stores since names are the actual names

# getfattr -e hex -dm '.*' file1
   system.posix_acl_access=0x0200000001000600ffffffff040006...
   trusted.SGI_ACL_FILE=0x0000000400000001ffffffff0006...
# attr -Rl file1
   Attribute "SGI_ACL_FILE" has a 52 byte value for file1