From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 15 18:04:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91E4316A420 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:04:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jasone@FreeBSD.org) Received: from lh.synack.net (lh.synack.net [204.152.188.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DA0643D48 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:04:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jasone@FreeBSD.org) Received: by lh.synack.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id F14C05E48F6; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:04:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.168.201] (moscow-cuda-gen2-68-64-60-20.losaca.adelphia.net [68.64.60.20]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lh.synack.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BF385E47EC; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:04:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <43F36D34.9040908@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:04:36 -0800 From: Jason Evans User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.4.1 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Geoffrey Giesemann References: <20060215124132.GA51235@idkfa.ath.cx> <20060215150037.J98052@fw.reifenberger.com> <20060215163813.GA69533@idkfa.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20060215163813.GA69533@idkfa.ath.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on lh.synack.net X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.8 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=3.0.4 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extended Attributes API X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:04:42 -0000 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