Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:04:36 -0800 From: Jason Evans <jasone@FreeBSD.org> To: Geoffrey Giesemann <geoffwa@idkfa.ath.cx> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extended Attributes API Message-ID: <43F36D34.9040908@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20060215163813.GA69533@idkfa.ath.cx> References: <20060215124132.GA51235@idkfa.ath.cx> <20060215150037.J98052@fw.reifenberger.com> <20060215163813.GA69533@idkfa.ath.cx>
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Geoffrey Giesemann wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 03:05:35PM +0100, Michael Reifenberger wrote: >>What is the "official" way of backing up UFS[2] filesystems >>containing extended attributes? >>In former time dump(8) and restore(8) where the tools of choice. >>But do they deal with extended attributes? > > I had a vague recollection pax might've been able to back up extended > attributes, but the specifications at [3] only hint at there being > scope for extended attributes as an 'implementation extension'. > > [3] http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/pax.html#tag_04_100_13_03 XAR is capable of dealing with extended attributes on several operating systems, including FreeBSD: http://www.opendarwin.org/projects/xar/ Jason
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