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NAME

       kdb-setmeta - Set the value of a meta key

SYNOPSIS

       kdb setmeta <key-name> <meta-name> <meta-value>

       Where  key-name is the path to the key that the meta key is associated with, meta-name is the name of the
       meta key the user would like to set the value of (or create), and meta-value is the value the user wishes
       to set the meta key to.

DESCRIPTION

       This  command allows the user to set the value of an individual meta key. If a key does not already exist
       and the user tries setting a meta key associated with it, the key will be  created  with  a  null  value.
       There  is  some  special  handling  for  the  meta data atime, mtime and ctime. They will be converted to
       time_t.

       For cascading keys, the namespace will default to spec, because that is the place where you usually  want
       to set meta data.

OPTIONS

       -H, --help
              Show the man page.

       -V, --version
              Print version info.

       -v, --verbose
              Explain what is happening.

EXAMPLES

       To set a meta key called description associated with the key user/example/key to the value Hello World!:
       kdb setmeta spec/example/key description "Hello World!"

       To  create  a  new  key spec/example/newkey with a null value (if it did not exist before) and a meta key
       namespace/#0 associated with it to the value system: kdb setmeta /example/newkey "namespace/#0" system

SEE ALSO

       •   How to get meta data: kdb-getmeta(1) kdb-getmeta.md

       •   elektra-meta-data(7) elektra-meta-data.md

                                                    July 2017                                     KDB-SETMETA(1)