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34.Dd April 27, 2016
35.Dt RMEXTATTR 8
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm getextattr ,
39.Nm lsextattr ,
40.Nm rmextattr ,
41.Nm setextattr
42.Nd manipulate extended attributes
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm getextattr
45.Op Fl fhqsx
46.Ar attrnamespace
47.Ar attrname
48.Ar filename ...
49.Nm lsextattr
50.Op Fl fhq
51.Ar attrnamespace
52.Ar filename ...
53.Nm rmextattr
54.Op Fl fhq
55.Ar attrnamespace
56.Ar attrname
57.Ar filename ...
58.Nm setextattr
59.Op Fl fhnq
60.Ar attrnamespace
61.Ar attrname
62.Ar attrvalue
63.Ar filename ...
64.Nm setextattr
65.Fl i
66.Op Fl fhnq
67.Ar attrnamespace
68.Ar attrname
69.Ar filename ...
70.Sh DESCRIPTION
71These
72utilities
73are user tools to manipulate the named extended attributes on files and
74directories.
75The
76.Ar attrnamespace
77argument should be the namespace of the attribute to retrieve: legal
78values are
79.Cm user
80and
81.Cm system .
82The
83.Ar attrname
84argument should be the name of the attribute,
85.Ar filename
86the name of the target file or directory,
87.Ar attrvalue
88a string to store in the attribute.
89.Pp
90The following options are available:
91.Bl -tag -width indent
92.It Fl f
93(Force.)
94Ignore errors on individual filenames and continue with
95the remaining arguments.
96.It Fl h
97(No follow.)
98If the file is a symbolic link, perform the operation on the
99link itself rather than the file that the link points to.
100.It Fl i
101(From stdin.)
102Read attribute data from stdin instead of as an argument.
103.It Fl n
104.Dv ( NUL Ns
105-terminate.)
106.Dv NUL Ns
107-terminate the extent content written out.
108.It Fl q
109(Quiet.)
110Do not print out the pathname and suppress error messages.
111When given twice, print only the attribute value, with no trailing newline.
112.It Fl s
113(Stringify.)
114Escape nonprinting characters and put quotes around the output.
115.It Fl x
116(Hex.)
117Print the output in hexadecimal.
118.El
119.Sh EXAMPLES
120.Bd -literal
121setextattr system md5 `md5 -q /boot/kernel/kernel` /boot/kernel/kernel
122md5 -q /boot/kernel/kernel | setextattr -i system md5 /boot/kernel/kernel
123getextattr system md5 /boot/kernel/kernel
124getextattr -qq system md5 /boot/kernel/kernel | od -x
125lsextattr system /boot/kernel/kernel
126rmextattr system md5 /boot/kernel/kernel
127.Ed
128.Sh SEE ALSO
129.Xr extattr 2 ,
130.Xr extattr 3 ,
131.Xr extattrctl 8 ,
132.Xr extattr 9
133.Sh HISTORY
134Extended attribute support was developed as part of the
135.Tn TrustedBSD
136Project,
137and introduced in
138.Fx 5.0 .
139It was developed to support security extensions requiring additional labels
140to be associated with each file or directory.
141.Sh AUTHORS
142.An Robert N M Watson
143.An Poul-Henning Kamp
144