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SETFATTR(1)			File Utilities			   SETFATTR(1)

NAME
       setfattr - set extended attributes of filesystem objects

SYNOPSIS
       setfattr [-h] -n name [-v value] pathname...
       setfattr [-h] -x name pathname...
       setfattr [-h] --restore=file

DESCRIPTION
       The  setfattr command associates a new value with an extended attribute
       name for each specified file.

   OPTIONS
       -n name, --name=name
	   Specifies the name of the extended attribute to set.

       -v value, --value=value
	   Specifies the new value for the extended attribute.

       -x name, --remove=name
	   Remove the named extended attribute entirely.

       -h, --no-dereference
	   Do not follow symlinks.  If pathname is a symbolic link, it is  not
	   followed, but is instead itself the inode being modified.

       --restore=file
	   Restores  extended  attributes  from file.  The file must be in the
	   format generated by the getfattr command with  the  --dump  option.
	   If  a dash (-) is given as the file name, setfattr reads from stan‐
	   dard input.

       --version
	   Print the version of setfattr and exit.

       --help
	   Print help explaining the command line options.

       --  End of command line options.	 All remaining parameters  are	inter‐
	   preted as file names, even if they start with a dash character.

AUTHOR
       Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at> and the SGI XFS devel‐
       opment team, <linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com>.

       Please send your bug reports or comments to these addresses.

SEE ALSO
       getfattr(1), and attr(5).

Dec 2001		      Extended Attributes		   SETFATTR(1)

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