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.
-Eric
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