From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.sgi.com (relay3.corp.sgi.com [198.149.34.15]) by oss.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FF007F3F for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:31:02 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.157.11]) by relay3.corp.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9166EAC008 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:31:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Ishtar.tlinx.org (ishtar.tlinx.org [173.164.175.65]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id MHXYayH7v2itdmD2 (version=TLSv1 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:31:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.4.12] (Athenae [192.168.4.12]) by Ishtar.tlinx.org (8.14.7/8.14.4/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id r6NLUtHY089488 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:30:58 -0700 Message-ID: <51EEF60D.6080102@tlinx.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:30:53 -0700 From: Linda Walsh MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: design mismatch(flaw): 2 utils old & new don't provide current functionality nor all of needed... List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: xfs-oss The attrib command's "list" option is not considered supported, yet it works. The alternative to the unsupported list command is using getfattr. However, getfattr doesn't support listing attributes and their lengths, nor does it support the Root and Security attribute spaces. I.e. getfattr is inadequate to replace the unsupported attrib command. Given the above, the attrib command should be reconsidered for support, or the getfattr command should be enhanced to provide the missing functionality (no major preference on my part), but as it is we have two utils that taken together, "do not support" functionality that is already present (as well as missing functionality). _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs