On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Seth Mos wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Colin Walters wrote:
>
> > > > I don't know if there is something we can do about this except
> > > > making EA work. It would probably be moot point then. I am not sure
> > > > if I am coorect on this issue though.
> > >
> > > EA?
> >
> > Extended Attributes. The file got written or touched and to disk but after
> > recovery it was given a number of empty extended attributes.
> > This is what you are seeing.
>
> Seth, I think you're getting terms confused here... extended attributes
> don't have anything to do with the null characters in files that have a
> size, but no data. Extended attributes are extra pieces of information
> that can be attached to a file, this is how access control lists (ACLs)
> are implemented in XFS, for example.
Whoops, sorry. I thought it was releated.
I have also asked the people at marc.theaimsgroup.com to monitor the list
for a searchable archive.
Cheers
Seth
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