Are ext3 file system extended attributes mapped anywhere to file system paths? e.g. /sys/fs/ext3/<path>/<attr-name>? I want to edit a file's extended attribute using standard system calls, fopen, fread, fwrite, etc. Is it possible? Thanks, Jack -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 242 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/ext3-users/attachments/20070703/ae43b6f6/attachment.sig>
On Wednesday 04 July 2007 02:49, Jack Bates wrote:> Are ext3 file system extended attributes mapped anywhere to file system > paths? e.g. /sys/fs/ext3/<path>/<attr-name>?No, they're not.> I want to edit a file's extended attribute using standard system calls, > fopen, fread, fwrite, etc. Is it possible?Sorry no. You can only access them using the *xattr syscalls. Andreas