xfs_property(8)

💖 xfs_property(8) 💖

System Manager's Manual is where this page lives, bestie 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

xfs_property - examine and edit properties about an XFS filesystem 🧚

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

xfs_property target get name...
xfs_property target list [ -v ]
xfs_property target set name=value...
xfs_property target remove name...
xfs_property -V

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so xfs_property is the tool that lets you retrieve, list, set, or remove properties of an XFS filesystem 💅 These filesystem properties are root-controlled attributes set on the root directory of the filesystem, so the system administrator can coordinate with userspace programs. it's giving teamwork 🫶

target can be any one of these: the root directory of a mounted filesystem, a block device containing an XFS filesystem, or a regular file containing an XFS filesystem. pick your fighter 🥊

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -V — literally just prints the version number and exits. quick and iconic ✨

🌸 COMMANDS 🌸

• get name... — grabs and prints the values of the filesystem properties you name 👀
• list — lists the names of every filesystem property 📋 if you add the -v flag, it prints the values too, so you get the full tea ☕
• set name=value... — sets the filesystem properties you give to the values you specify, then prints what got set 🔥
• remove name... — unsets the filesystem properties you name 🗑️

🌈 FILESYSTEM PROPERTIES 🌈

the known filesystem properties for XFS are:

• autofsck — for the full scoop, check out xfs_scrub(8) 💜

bestie, that's the whole page 🍓 it's the xfs_property(8) manual page from the System Manager's Manual, and the footer just says xfs_property(8) 💀 you're officially a property expert now 👑 periodt 💅