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Diffstat (limited to 'devel/py-xattr/pkg-descr')
| -rw-r--r-- | devel/py-xattr/pkg-descr | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/devel/py-xattr/pkg-descr b/devel/py-xattr/pkg-descr index e9562c337e2f..8e53e039c9ab 100644 --- a/devel/py-xattr/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/py-xattr/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ -Extended attributes extend the basic attributes of files and directories -in the file system. They are stored as name:data pairs associated with -file system objects (files, directories, symlinks, etc). +xattr is a Python wrapper for extended filesystem attributes. + +xattr also ships with an xattr command line tool for viewing and editing +extended filesystem attributes. On platforms that support or ship with the attr +package, you may prefer to use the getfattr and setfattr command line tools from +the attr package. + +Extended attributes extend the basic attributes of files and directories in the +file system. They are stored as name:data pairs associated with file system +objects (files, directories, symlinks, etc). |