[2ac4928] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[1784132] | 7 | <!ENTITY attr-download-http "http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/attr/attr-&attr-version;.src.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY attr-download-ftp " ">
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[806b3b80] | 9 | <!ENTITY attr-md5sum "84f58dec00b60f2dc8fd1c9709291cc7">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY attr-size "336 KB">
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[1784132] | 11 | <!ENTITY attr-buildsize "3.5 MB">
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[2ac4928] | 12 | <!ENTITY attr-time "0.1 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="attr" xreflabel="attr-&attr-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="attr.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <title>attr-&attr-version;</title>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <indexterm zone="attr">
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| 22 | <primary sortas="a-attr">attr</primary>
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| 23 | </indexterm>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to attr</title>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>The <application>attr</application> package contains utilities to
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| 29 | administer the extended attributes on filesystem objects.</para>
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| 30 |
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[41b674d] | 31 | &lfs75_checked;
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[09fde38] | 32 |
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[2ac4928] | 33 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 34 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 35 | <listitem>
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| 36 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&attr-download-http;"/></para>
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| 37 | </listitem>
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[29d1c248] | 38 | <listitem>
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[2ac4928] | 39 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&attr-download-ftp;"/></para>
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[29d1c248] | 40 | </listitem>
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[2ac4928] | 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &attr-md5sum;</para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download size: &attr-size;</para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &attr-buildsize;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Estimated build time: &attr-time;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | </itemizedlist>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 56 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/attr"/></para>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | </sect2>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 61 | <title>Installation of attr</title>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <para>Install <application>attr</application> by running the following
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| 64 | commands:</para>
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| 65 |
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[bcad034] | 66 | <screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's|/@pkg_name@|&-@pkg_version@|' include/builddefs.in &&
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[9247790] | 67 |
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[bcad034] | 68 | INSTALL_USER=root \
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| 69 | INSTALL_GROUP=root \
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[3d1cbd9] | 70 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
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[2ac4928] | 71 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <para>There are three sets of tests that come with this package. Issue the
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| 74 | following to execute all three:
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| 75 | <command>make tests root-tests ext-tests</command>. For meaningful results,
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| 76 | the tests need to be carried out on a file system that supports extended
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[a52e6d76] | 77 | attributes.</para>
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[2ac4928] | 78 |
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| 79 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 80 |
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[1784132] | 81 | <!-- Package uses DIST_ROOT instead of DESTDIR -->
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[2ac4928] | 82 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install install-dev install-lib &&
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[1faca736] | 83 | chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libattr.so &&
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[3d1cbd9] | 84 | mv -v /usr/lib/libattr.so.* /lib &&
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| 85 | ln -sfv ../../lib/libattr.so.1 /usr/lib/libattr.so</userinput></screen>
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[9247790] | 86 |
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| 87 | </sect2>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 90 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <para><command>sed ... include/builddefs.in</command>: This command
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| 93 | modifies the documentation directory so that it is a versioned
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[1784132] | 94 | directory.</para>
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[2ac4928] | 95 |
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[b2052597] | 96 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 97 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 98 |
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[2ac4928] | 99 | </sect2>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 102 | <title>Configuring attr</title>
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| 103 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para>There is no configuration to <application>attr</application> itself,
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| 106 | but to get any use out of <application>attr</application>, a filesystem
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| 107 | needs to support extended attributes.</para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <para>One way to achieve this is to add the user_xattr option to an ext3
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[2be957e] | 110 | filesystem in the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file as shown
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| 111 | below:</para>
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[2ac4928] | 112 |
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| 113 | <screen># file system mount-point type options dump fsck
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| 114 | # order
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| 115 |
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| 116 | /dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults,acl,user_xattr 0 2</screen>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | </sect3>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | </sect2>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 123 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <segmentedlist>
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| 126 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 127 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 128 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <seglistitem>
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| 131 | <seg>attr, getfattr, and setfattr</seg>
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[b2052597] | 132 | <seg>libattr.so</seg>
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[2ac4928] | 133 | <seg>/usr/{include/attr,share/doc/attr-&attr-version;}</seg>
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| 134 | </seglistitem>
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| 135 | </segmentedlist>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <variablelist>
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| 138 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 139 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 140 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <varlistentry id="attr-prog">
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| 143 | <term><command>attr</command></term>
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| 144 | <listitem>
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| 145 | <para>extends attributes on filesystem objects.</para>
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| 146 | <indexterm zone="attr attr">
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| 147 | <primary sortas="b-attr">attr</primary>
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| 148 | </indexterm>
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| 149 | </listitem>
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| 150 | </varlistentry>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <varlistentry id="getfattr">
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| 153 | <term><command>getfattr</command></term>
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| 154 | <listitem>
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| 155 | <para>gets the extended attributes of filesystem objects.</para>
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| 156 | <indexterm zone="attr getfattr">
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| 157 | <primary sortas="b-getfattr">getfattr</primary>
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| 158 | </indexterm>
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| 159 | </listitem>
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| 160 | </varlistentry>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <varlistentry id="setfattr">
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| 163 | <term><command>setfattr</command></term>
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| 164 | <listitem>
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| 165 | <para>sets the extended attributes of filesystem objects.</para>
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| 166 | <indexterm zone="attr setfattr">
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| 167 | <primary sortas="b-setfattr">setfattr</primary>
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| 168 | </indexterm>
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| 169 | </listitem>
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| 170 | </varlistentry>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <varlistentry id="libattr">
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[b2052597] | 173 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libattr.so</filename></term>
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[2ac4928] | 174 | <listitem>
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| 175 | <para>contains the <application>attr</application> API functions.</para>
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| 176 | <indexterm zone="attr libattr">
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[b2052597] | 177 | <primary sortas="c-libattr">libattr.so</primary>
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[2ac4928] | 178 | </indexterm>
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| 179 | </listitem>
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| 180 | </varlistentry>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | </variablelist>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | </sect2>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | </sect1>
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