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.Dd August 30, 2000
.Dt RMEXTATTR 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm getextattr ,
.Nm lsextattr ,
.Nm rmextattr ,
.Nm setextattr
.Nd manipulate extended attributes
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm getextattr
.Op Fl fhqsx
.Ar attrnamespace
.Ar attrname
.Ar filename ...
.Nm lsextattr
.Op Fl fhq
.Ar attrnamespace
.Ar filename ...
.Nm rmextattr
.Op Fl fhq
.Ar attrnamespace
.Ar attrname
.Ar filename ...
.Nm setextattr
.Op Fl fhnq
.Ar attrnamespace
.Ar attrname
.Ar attrvalue
.Ar filename ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
These
utilities
are user tools to manipulate the named extended attributes on files and
directories.
The
.Ar attrnamespace
argument should be the namespace of the attribute to retrieve: legal
values are
.Cm user
and
.Cm system .
The
.Ar attrname
argument should be the name of the attribute,
.Ar filename
the name of the target file or directory,
.Ar attrvalue
a string to store in the attribute.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl f
(Force.)
Ignore errors on individual filenames and continue with
the remaining arguments.
.It Fl h
(No follow.)
If the file is a symbolic link, perform the operation on the
link itself rather than the file that the link points to.
.It Fl n
.Dv ( NUL Ns
-terminate.)
.Dv NUL Ns
-terminate the extent content written out.
.It Fl q
(Quiet.)
Do not print out the pathname and suppress error messages.
.It Fl s
(Stringify.)
Escape nonprinting characters and put quotes around the output.
.It Fl x
(Hex.)
Print the output in hexadecimal.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal
setextattr system md5 `md5 -q /boot/kernel/kernel` /boot/kernel/kernel
getextattr system md5 /boot/kernel/kernel
lsextattr system /boot/kernel/kernel
rmextattr system md5 /boot/kernel/kernel
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr extattr 2 ,
.Xr extattr 3 ,
.Xr extattrctl 8 ,
.Xr extattr 9
.Sh HISTORY
Extended attribute support was developed as part of the
.Tn TrustedBSD
Project,
and introduced in
.Fx 5.0 .
It was developed to support security extensions requiring additional labels
to be associated with each file or directory.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Robert N M Watson
.An Poul-Henning Kamp
.Sh BUGS
The
.Nm setextattr
utility can only be used to set attributes to strings.