Index: ./src/apps/admin/pvfs2-xattr.c
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pvfs2/src/apps/admin/pvfs2-xattr.c,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 pvfs2-xattr.c
--- ./src/apps/admin/pvfs2-xattr.c      12 Oct 2006 17:07:34 -0000      1.2
+++ ./src/apps/admin/pvfs2-xattr.c      19 Jan 2007 21:58:38 -0000
@@ -416,7 +416,8 @@
             return -1;
         }
 
-        if (resp_getattr.attr.objtype != PVFS_TYPE_METAFILE)
+        if (resp_getattr.attr.objtype != PVFS_TYPE_METAFILE &&
+            resp_getattr.attr.objtype != PVFS_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
         {
             fprintf(stderr, "Not a meta file!\n");
             return -1;