April Chin wrote: > > From: Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> > > Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> wrote: > > > > Markus Gyger wrote: > > > > > I patched ksh93n+ back then so that cd -@ could be used to access > > > > > extended file attributes (instead of having to use runat). Patch is at > > > > > http://www.blastwave.org/mantis/show_news?f_project_id=0000027 > > > > > > > > http://www.blastwave.org/~mgyger/ast.diff.gz is the lastest patch, right > > > > ? > > > > > > > > > (dated, of course). > > > > > > > > How common are the XATTR extension, e.g. is there any other OS which > > > > supports this feature+userspace API ? Is there any other shell which > > > > supports "cd -@" ? > > > > > > Currently only Solaris supports it but other OS are underway to implement > full > > > NFSv4 support which usually includes XATTR support. > > > > Is the XATTR userspace API some kind of standard (UnixXXX or something > > like that) ? > > No, the extended attributes interfaces in Solaris are not specified by the > standards.
Even no drafts or standard proposals (well, I am worrying what the Linux people may do with the API... ;-( ) ? ---- Bye, Roland -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) roland.mainz at nrubsig.org \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 (;O/ \/ \O;)
