NAME

       getfattr - get extended attributes of filesystem objects

SYNOPSIS

       getfattr [-hRLP] -n name [-e en] pathname...
       getfattr [-hRLP] -d [-e en] [-m pattern] pathname...

DESCRIPTION

       For  each  file, getfattr displays the file name, and the set of extended attribute names (and optionally
       values) which are associated with that file.

       The output format of getfattr -d is as follows:
               1:  # file: somedir/
               2:  user.name0="value0"
               3:  user.name1="value1"
               4:  user.name2="value2"
               5:  ...

       Line 1 identifies the file name for which the following lines are being reported.   The  remaining  lines
       (lines 2 to 4 above) show the name and value pairs associated with the specified file.

OPTIONS

       -n name, --name=name
           Dump the value of the named extended attribute extended attribute.

       -d, --dump
           Dump the values of all extended attributes associated with pathname.

       -e en, --encoding=en
           Encode  values  after  retrieving  them.  Valid values of en are "text", "hex", and "base64".  Values
           encoded as text strings are enclosed in double quotes ("), while strings encoded as  hexidecimal  and
           base64 are prefixed with 0x and 0s, respectively.

       -h, --no-dereference
           Do not dereference symlinks. Instead of the file a symlink refers to, the symlink itself is examined.
           Unless doing a logical (-L) traversal, do not traverse symlinks to directories.

       -m pattern, --match=pattern
           Only include attributes with names matching the regular expression pattern.  The  default  value  for
           pattern  is  "^user\\.",  which  includes  all  the attributes in the user namespace. Specify "-" for
           including all attributes.  Refer to attr(5) for a more detailed discussion of namespaces.

       --absolute-names
           Do not strip leading slash characters ('/').   The  default  behaviour  is  to  strip  leading  slash
           characters.

       --only-values
           Dump out the raw extended attribute value(s) without encoding them.

       -R, --recursive
           List the attributes of all files and directories recursively.

       -L, --logical
           Logical walk, follow symbolic links to directories.  The default behaviour is to follow symbolic link
           arguments unless --no-dereference is given, and to skip symbolic links encountered in subdirectories.
           Only effective in combination with -R.

       -P, --physical
           Physical walk, do not follow symbolic links to directories.  This also skips symbolic link arguments.
           Only effective in combination with -R.

       --version
           Print the version of getfattr 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

       setfattr(1), and attr(5).