chapter06/attr.xml

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   8 <sect1 id="ch-system-attr" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="attr.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>attr</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&attr-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&attr-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>Attr-&attr-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr">
  20     <primary sortas="a-Attr">Attr</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para>The attr package contains utilities to administer the extended
  27     attributes on filesystem objects.</para>
  28
  29     <segmentedlist>
  30       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  31       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  32
  33       <seglistitem>
  34         <seg>&attr-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  35         <seg>&attr-ch6-du;</seg>
  36       </seglistitem>
  37     </segmentedlist>
  38
  39   </sect2>
  40
  41   <sect2 role="installation">
  42     <title>Installation of Attr</title>
  43
  44     <para>Modify the documentation directory so that it is a versioned
  45     directory:</para>
  46
  47 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's|/@pkg_name@|&amp;-@pkg_version@|' include/builddefs.in</userinput></screen>
  48
  49     <para>Prevent installation of manual pages that were already installed by
  50     the <xref linkend="man-pages"/> package:</para>
  51
  52 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e "/SUBDIRS/s|man[25]||g" man/Makefile</userinput></screen>
  53
  54     <para>Prepare Attr for compilation:</para>
  55
  56 <screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
  57             --bindir=/bin \
  58             --disable-static</userinput></screen>
  59
  60 <screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
  61             --disable-static</userinput></screen>
  62
  63     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  64
  65 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  66
  67     <para>The tests need to be run on a filesystem that supports extended
  68     attributes such as the ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystems. The tests are also
  69     known to fail if running multiple simultaneous tests (-j option greater than
  70     1).  To test the results, issue:</para>
  71
  72 <screen><userinput remap="test">make -j1 tests root-tests</userinput></screen>
  73
  74     <para>Install the package:</para>
  75
  76 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install install-dev install-lib
  77 chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libattr.so</userinput></screen>
  78
  79     <para>The shared library needs to be moved to
  80     <filename class="directory">/lib</filename>, and as a result the
  81     <filename class="extension">.so</filename> file in
  82     <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> will need to be recreated:</para>
  83
  84 <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/libattr.so.* /lib
  85 ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libattr.so) /usr/lib/libattr.so</userinput></screen>
  86
  87   </sect2>
  88
  89   <sect2 id="contents-attr" role="content">
  90     <title>Contents of Attr</title>
  91
  92     <segmentedlist>
  93       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  94       <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
  95       <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
  96
  97       <seglistitem>
  98         <seg>attr, getfattr, and setattr</seg>
  99         <seg>libattr.so</seg>
 100         <seg>/usr/include/attr and /usr/share/doc/attr-&attr-version;</seg>
 101       </seglistitem>
 102     </segmentedlist>
 103
 104     <variablelist>
 105       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
 106       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
 107       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 108
 109       <varlistentry id="attr">
 110         <term><command>attr</command></term>
 111         <listitem>
 112           <para>Extends attributes on filesystem objects</para>
 113           <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr attr">
 114             <primary sortas="b-attr">attr</primary>
 115           </indexterm>
 116         </listitem>
 117       </varlistentry>
 118
 119       <varlistentry id="getfattr">
 120         <term><command>getfattr</command></term>
 121         <listitem>
 122           <para>Gets the extended attributes of filesystem objects</para>
 123           <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr getfattr">
 124             <primary sortas="b-getfattr">getfattr</primary>
 125           </indexterm>
 126         </listitem>
 127       </varlistentry>
 128
 129       <varlistentry id="setattr">
 130         <term><command>setattr</command></term>
 131         <listitem>
 132           <para>Sets the extended attributes of filesystem objects</para>
 133           <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr setattr">
 134             <primary sortas="b-setattr">setattr</primary>
 135           </indexterm>
 136         </listitem>
 137       </varlistentry>
 138
 139       <varlistentry id="libattr">
 140         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libattr</filename></term>
 141         <listitem>
 142           <para>Contains the libbrary functions for manipulating extended attributes</para>
 143           <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr libattr">
 144             <primary sortas="c-libattr">libattr</primary>
 145           </indexterm>
 146         </listitem>
 147       </varlistentry>
 148
 149     </variablelist>
 150
 151   </sect2>
 152
 153 </sect1>