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>Prepare Attr for compilation:</para>
  45
  46 <screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr     \
  47             --bindir=/bin     \
  48             --disable-static  \
  49             --sysconfdir=/etc \
  50             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/attr-&attr-version;</userinput></screen>
  51
  52 <screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr     \
  53             --disable-static  \
  54             --sysconfdir=/etc \
  55             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/attr-&attr-version;</userinput></screen>
  56
  57     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  58
  59 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  60
  61     <para>The tests need to be run on a filesystem that supports extended
  62     attributes such as the ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystems.
  63     To test the results, issue:</para>
  64
  65 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
  66
  67     <para>Install the package:</para>
  68
  69 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  70
  71     <para>The shared library needs to be moved to
  72     <filename class="directory">/lib</filename>, and as a result the
  73     <filename class="extension">.so</filename> file in
  74     <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> will need to be recreated:</para>
  75
  76 <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/libattr.so.* /lib
  77 ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libattr.so) /usr/lib/libattr.so</userinput></screen>
  78
  79   </sect2>
  80
  81   <sect2 id="contents-attr" role="content">
  82     <title>Contents of Attr</title>
  83
  84     <segmentedlist>
  85       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  86       <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
  87       <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
  88
  89       <seglistitem>
  90         <seg>attr, getfattr, and setattr</seg>
  91         <seg>libattr.so</seg>
  92         <seg>/usr/include/attr and /usr/share/doc/attr-&attr-version;</seg>
  93       </seglistitem>
  94     </segmentedlist>
  95
  96     <variablelist>
  97       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  98       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  99       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 100
 101       <varlistentry id="attr">
 102         <term><command>attr</command></term>
 103         <listitem>
 104           <para>Extends attributes on filesystem objects</para>
 105           <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr attr">
 106             <primary sortas="b-attr">attr</primary>
 107           </indexterm>
 108         </listitem>
 109       </varlistentry>
 110
 111       <varlistentry id="getfattr">
 112         <term><command>getfattr</command></term>
 113         <listitem>
 114           <para>Gets the extended attributes of filesystem objects</para>
 115           <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr getfattr">
 116             <primary sortas="b-getfattr">getfattr</primary>
 117           </indexterm>
 118         </listitem>
 119       </varlistentry>
 120
 121       <varlistentry id="setattr">
 122         <term><command>setattr</command></term>
 123         <listitem>
 124           <para>Sets the extended attributes of filesystem objects</para>
 125           <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr setattr">
 126             <primary sortas="b-setattr">setattr</primary>
 127           </indexterm>
 128         </listitem>
 129       </varlistentry>
 130
 131       <varlistentry id="libattr">
 132         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libattr</filename></term>
 133         <listitem>
 134           <para>Contains the library functions for manipulating extended attributes</para>
 135           <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr libattr">
 136             <primary sortas="c-libattr">libattr</primary>
 137           </indexterm>
 138         </listitem>
 139       </varlistentry>
 140
 141     </variablelist>
 142
 143   </sect2>
 144
 145 </sect1>