Package: attr Version: 2.4.16-1 I am trying to set an extended attribute value of the form "0x20" (literally ASCII letters zero, x, two, zero) but setfattr presumes that I want a literal space (ASCII 0x20 or 32 decimal) instead. setfattr seemingly has no option to override this, and its behaviour in automatically converting my input isn't documented.
For example: $ cd /tmp $ >foo $ setfattr -n user.DOSATTRIB -v 0x20 foo $ getfattr -n user.DOSATTRIB foo # file: foo user.DOSATTRIB=" " $ What I want to see is: user.DOSATTRIB="0x20" This is the form samba saves this particular attribute in. Seemingly the only way to work around this is to convert the entire thing into hexadecimal coded ASCII: $ setfattr -n user.DOSATTRIB -v 0x30783230 foo $ getfattr -n user.DOSATTRIB foo # file: foo user.DOSATTRIB="0x20" $ This is crazy, however, for a tool that an admin is supposed to use. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
