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Attr-&attr-version; Attr <para>The attr package contains utilities to administer the extended attributes on filesystem objects.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&attr-ch6-sbu;</seg> <seg>&attr-ch6-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Attr Modify the documentation directory so that it is a versioned directory: sed -i -e 's|/@pkg_name@|&-@pkg_version@|' include/builddefs.in Prevent installation of manual pages that were already installed by the package: sed -i -e "/SUBDIRS/s|man2||" man/Makefile Prepare Attr for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static Compile the package: make The tests need to be run on a filesystem that supports extended attributes such as the ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystems. The tests are also known to fail if running multiple simultaneous tests (-j option greater than 1). To test the results, issue: make -j1 tests root-tests Install the package: make install install-dev install-lib chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libattr.so The shared library needs to be moved to /lib, and as a result the .so file in /usr/lib will need to be recreated: mv -v /usr/lib/libattr.so.* /lib ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libattr.so) /usr/lib/libattr.so Contents of Attr Installed programs Installed library Installed directories attr, getfattr, and setattr libattr.{a,so} /usr/include/attr and /usr/share/doc/attr-&attr-version; Short Descriptions attr Extends attributes on filesystem objects attr getfattr Gets the extended attributes of filesystem objects getfattr setattr Sets the extended attributes of filesystem objects setattr libattr Contains the libbrary functions for manipulating extended attributes libattr