[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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[16dd5d9] | 7 | <!-- <!ENTITY attr-download-http "http://mirror.dknss.com/nongnu/attr/attr-&attr-version;.src.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY attr-download-http "http://mirrors.zerg.biz/nongnu/attr/attr-&attr-version;.src.tar.gz"> -->
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| 9 | <!ENTITY attr-download-http " ">
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[42ad0e6c] | 10 | <!ENTITY attr-download-ftp "ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/cmd_tars-oct_09/attr-&attr-version;.src.tar.gz">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY attr-md5sum "adeefe65c5ad1febe46da185c5bfd5d4">
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[2ac4928] | 12 | <!ENTITY attr-size "309 KB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY attr-buildsize "3 MB">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY attr-time "0.1 SBU">
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| 15 | ]>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect1 id="attr" xreflabel="attr-&attr-version;">
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| 18 | <?dbhtml filename="attr.html"?>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1info>
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| 21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 23 | </sect1info>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <title>attr-&attr-version;</title>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <indexterm zone="attr">
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| 28 | <primary sortas="a-attr">attr</primary>
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| 29 | </indexterm>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 32 | <title>Introduction to attr</title>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para>The <application>attr</application> package contains utilities to
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| 35 | administer the extended attributes on filesystem objects.</para>
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| 36 |
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[778be14] | 37 | &lfs70_checked;
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[09fde38] | 38 |
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[2ac4928] | 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&attr-download-http;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&attr-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &attr-md5sum;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download size: &attr-size;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &attr-buildsize;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated build time: &attr-time;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | </itemizedlist>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 62 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/attr"/></para>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | </sect2>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 67 | <title>Installation of attr</title>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <para>Install <application>attr</application> by running the following
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| 70 | commands:</para>
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| 71 |
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[a52e6d76] | 72 | <screen><userinput>cat > test/sort-getfattr-output << "EOF" &&
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| 73 | #! /usr/bin/perl -w
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| 74 | undef $/;
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| 75 | print join("\n\n", sort split(/\n\n/, <>)), "\n\n";
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| 76 | EOF
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[778be14] | 77 |
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[a52e6d76] | 78 | chmod 755 test/sort-getfattr-output &&
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| 79 | sed -i -e 's|/@pkg_name@|&-@pkg_version@|' \
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[2be957e] | 80 | -e 's|@prefix|$(DESTDIR)&|' \
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| 81 | -e 's|@libexec|$(DESTDIR)&|' \
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[cd42a255] | 82 | include/builddefs.in &&
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[9247790] | 83 |
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| 84 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib &&
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[2ac4928] | 85 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <para>There are three sets of tests that come with this package. Issue the
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| 88 | following to execute all three:
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| 89 | <command>make tests root-tests ext-tests</command>. For meaningful results,
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| 90 | the tests need to be carried out on a file system that supports extended
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[a52e6d76] | 91 | attributes.</para>
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[2ac4928] | 92 |
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| 93 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install install-dev install-lib &&
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[20e6cade] | 96 | chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libattr.{so.1.1.0,la} &&
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| 97 | chown -v root.root /usr/lib/libattr.{a,la,so.1.1.0} &&
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| 98 | chown -v root.root /usr/share/man/man*/*attr*</userinput></screen>
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[9247790] | 99 |
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| 100 | </sect2>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 103 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 104 |
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[a52e6d76] | 105 | <para><command>cat > test/sort-getfattr-output ... EOF</command>: This
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| 106 | command creates a missing test script.</para>
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| 107 |
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[9247790] | 108 | <para><command>sed ... include/builddefs.in</command>: This command
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| 109 | modifies the documentation directory so that it is a versioned
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| 110 | directory and also adds support for a DESTDIR installation.</para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <para><command>chmod ...</command>: This command modifies the permissions
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| 113 | of installed library files to standards.</para>
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[2ac4928] | 114 |
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| 115 | </sect2>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 118 | <title>Configuring attr</title>
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| 119 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <para>There is no configuration to <application>attr</application> itself,
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| 122 | but to get any use out of <application>attr</application>, a filesystem
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| 123 | needs to support extended attributes.</para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <para>One way to achieve this is to add the user_xattr option to an ext3
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[2be957e] | 126 | filesystem in the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file as shown
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| 127 | below:</para>
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[2ac4928] | 128 |
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| 129 | <screen># file system mount-point type options dump fsck
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| 130 | # order
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| 131 |
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| 132 | /dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults,acl,user_xattr 0 2</screen>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | </sect3>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | </sect2>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 139 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <segmentedlist>
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| 142 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 143 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 144 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <seglistitem>
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| 147 | <seg>attr, getfattr, and setfattr</seg>
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| 148 | <seg>libattr.{so,a}</seg>
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| 149 | <seg>/usr/{include/attr,share/doc/attr-&attr-version;}</seg>
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| 150 | </seglistitem>
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| 151 | </segmentedlist>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <variablelist>
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| 154 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 155 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 156 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <varlistentry id="attr-prog">
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| 159 | <term><command>attr</command></term>
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| 160 | <listitem>
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| 161 | <para>extends attributes on filesystem objects.</para>
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| 162 | <indexterm zone="attr attr">
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| 163 | <primary sortas="b-attr">attr</primary>
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| 164 | </indexterm>
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| 165 | </listitem>
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| 166 | </varlistentry>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <varlistentry id="getfattr">
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| 169 | <term><command>getfattr</command></term>
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| 170 | <listitem>
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| 171 | <para>gets the extended attributes of filesystem objects.</para>
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| 172 | <indexterm zone="attr getfattr">
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| 173 | <primary sortas="b-getfattr">getfattr</primary>
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| 174 | </indexterm>
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| 175 | </listitem>
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| 176 | </varlistentry>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <varlistentry id="setfattr">
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| 179 | <term><command>setfattr</command></term>
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| 180 | <listitem>
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| 181 | <para>sets the extended attributes of filesystem objects.</para>
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| 182 | <indexterm zone="attr setfattr">
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| 183 | <primary sortas="b-setfattr">setfattr</primary>
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| 184 | </indexterm>
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| 185 | </listitem>
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| 186 | </varlistentry>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <varlistentry id="libattr">
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| 189 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libattr.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 190 | <listitem>
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| 191 | <para>contains the <application>attr</application> API functions.</para>
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| 192 | <indexterm zone="attr libattr">
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| 193 | <primary sortas="c-libattr">libattr.{so,a}</primary>
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| 194 | </indexterm>
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| 195 | </listitem>
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| 196 | </varlistentry>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | </variablelist>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | </sect2>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | </sect1>
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