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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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