| To: | "Zdenek Prikryl" <zprikryl@xxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: getfattr and symlinks |
| From: | "Bhagi rathi" <jahnu77@xxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:03:41 +0530 |
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My understanding on man pages says that it doesn't follow the symlink. Note that a symlink file itself can also have extended attributes. Unless specified, getfattr should just try to extract extended attributes of the symbolic link file itself. -Saradhi. On 9/10/07, Zdenek Prikryl <zprikryl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > I have one question, what is right behavior of getfattr in a recursive > mode? Should getfattr follow symlinks in this mode (without [PLh] > parameters)? > > Example: > > $HOME/file.txt > $HOME/symlink -> / > ... > > getfattr -Rd $HOME > > So what is the right result? Follow "$HOME/symlink" or not? > > Thank you > > Zdenek Prikryl > > > [[HTML alternate version deleted]] |
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