From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 10 06:45:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64CEE16A485; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:45:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [209.31.154.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0902743D46; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:45:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5184E46C6F; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:45:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:45:09 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Duane Whitty In-Reply-To: <44398741.9080704@greenmeadow.ca> Message-ID: <20060410074341.Y32454@fledge.watson.org> References: <44398741.9080704@greenmeadow.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UFS extended attributes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:45:10 -0000 On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, Duane Whitty wrote: > Started doing a little reading on the UFS and UFS2 file systems. I'm just > wondering if all types of files have extended attribute blocks available > including named pipes, sockets, and device files? > > Is it still the case that there are three unused extended attribute blocks > available? Extended attribute storage is available for all objects in UFS, including files, directories, named pipes, UNIX domain sockets, and device nodes. I'm probably not th eright person to answer questions about the layout itself. Robert N M Watson