* getfattr and symlinks
@ 2007-09-10 11:50 Zdenek Prikryl
2007-09-11 17:33 ` Bhagi rathi
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From: Zdenek Prikryl @ 2007-09-10 11:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-xfs
Hello,
I have one question, what is right behavior of getfattr in a recursive
mode? Should getfattr follow symlinks in this mode (without [PLh]
parameters)?
Example:
$HOME/file.txt
$HOME/symlink -> /
...
getfattr -Rd $HOME
So what is the right result? Follow "$HOME/symlink" or not?
Thank you
Zdenek Prikryl
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* Re: getfattr and symlinks
2007-09-10 11:50 getfattr and symlinks Zdenek Prikryl
@ 2007-09-11 17:33 ` Bhagi rathi
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From: Bhagi rathi @ 2007-09-11 17:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Zdenek Prikryl; +Cc: linux-xfs
My understanding on man pages says that it doesn't follow the symlink.
Note that a symlink file itself can also have extended attributes. Unless
specified,
getfattr should just try to extract extended attributes of the symbolic link
file itself.
-Saradhi.
On 9/10/07, Zdenek Prikryl <zprikryl@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have one question, what is right behavior of getfattr in a recursive
> mode? Should getfattr follow symlinks in this mode (without [PLh]
> parameters)?
>
> Example:
>
> $HOME/file.txt
> $HOME/symlink -> /
> ...
>
> getfattr -Rd $HOME
>
> So what is the right result? Follow "$HOME/symlink" or not?
>
> Thank you
>
> Zdenek Prikryl
>
>
>
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