NAME

       setfattr - set extended attributes of filesystem objects

SYNOPSIS

       setfattr [-h] -n name [-v value] pathname...
       setfattr [-h] -x name pathname...
       setfattr [-h] --restore=file

DESCRIPTION

       The setfattr command associates a new value with an extended attribute name for each specified file.

OPTIONS

       -n name, --name=name
           Specifies the name of the extended attribute to set.

       -v value, --value=value
           Specifies the new value of the extended attribute. There are three methods available for encoding the
           value.  If the given string is enclosed in double quotes, the inner string is  treated  as  text.  In
           that  case, backslashes and double quotes have special meanings and need to be escaped by a preceding
           backslash. Any control characters can be encoded as a backslash followed by three digits as its ASCII
           code  in  octal.  If the given string begins with 0x or 0X, it expresses a hexadecimal number. If the
           given string begins with 0s or 0S, base64 encoding is expected.  See also the  --encoding  option  of
           getfattr(1).

       -x name, --remove=name
           Remove the named extended attribute entirely.

       -h, --no-dereference
           Do  not  follow  symlinks.  If pathname is a symbolic link, it is not followed, but is instead itself
           the inode being modified.

       --restore=file
           Restores extended attributes from file.  The file must be in the format  generated  by  the  getfattr
           command  with  the  --dump  option.   If  a  dash  (-) is given as the file name, setfattr reads from
           standard input.

       --version
           Print the version of setfattr and exit.

       --help
           Print help explaining the command line options.

       --  End of command line options.  All remaining parameters are interpreted as file names,  even  if  they
           start with a dash character.

AUTHOR

       Andreas   Gruenbacher,   <a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at>   and   the   SGI   XFS  development  team,  <linux-
       xfs@oss.sgi.com>.

       Please send your bug reports or comments to these addresses.

SEE ALSO

       getfattr(1), and attr(5).