PVFS2-XATTR(1)

💖 PVFS2-XATTR 💖

okay bestie, welcome to pvfs2-xattr(1) — a little corner of the General Commands Manual where we set and view extended attributes. yes, it's giving "tiny tool, big main character energy." let's go 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

pvfs2-xattr – set or view extended attributes

like. that's the whole job. set them. view them. iconic.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pvfs2-xattr [-s] [-k key] [-v val] [-t] filename

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so the pvfs2-xattr utility either sets or creates extended attributes. and listen — the -s and -t options are mutually exclusive, meaning you literally cannot do both at once, no cap, pick a lane bestie 💅

The options are as follows:

• -s — Set an extended attribute. this is the "make it exist" button ✨
• -k — Specify the key. 🚨 and it must start with the prefix user. — like, that's non-negotiable, the prefix is the whole vibe check.
• -v — Specify the value. the actual content, the substance, the lore 🌸
• -t — Display an extended attribute. just showing it off, letting it be perceived 👑

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🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

the vibes the environment can set for you:

• PVFS2_DEBUGFILE — If set to the path of a local file, redirect debug output to it. basically "put the receipts in this file instead of screaming them at me" 😭
• PVFS2_DEBUGMASK — Set the OrangeFS debug mask. Possible masks are documented in pvfs2-set-debugmask(1). go read that one if you want the full tea ☕
• PVFS2TAB_FILE — If set, the full pathname for an alternate pvfs2tab file. yes it's spelled with no underscore there, don't come for me, I don't make the rules 🙈

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🗂️ FILES 🗂️

• /etc/pvfs2tab

the classic. the default. the blueprint 🫶

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🧚 EXAMPLES 🧚

Set an attribute on /mnt/foo.

pvfs2-xattr -s -k user.a -v bar /mnt/foo

Display the same attribute on the same file.

pvfs2-xattr -k user.a -t /mnt/foo

see how clean that is?? set it, then look at it. a whole little story arc 💜

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💀 BUGS 💀

Please submit bug reports to devel@lists.orangefs.org

found a gremlin? tell the devs, don't suffer in silence bestie 😭

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• pvfs2tab(5)

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and that's the whole page, you ate that fr fr 💅✨

cute little sign-off: this page is dated 2017-08-14, and it came to you from the PVFS2-XATTR(1) entry in the General Commands Manual. go forth and attribute responsibly 🎀