Re: [fuse-devel] Problem with getfattr

[Jean-Pierre <jea...@wa...>]

Hans Beckerus wrote:
> Hi. I have implemented the xattr set of call-backs but experience very
> strange behavior from getfattr.
> If I use the 'attr -l' or 'attr -g' command everything works as expected.
> But when trying to list some extended attributes using getfattr all I
> get is rubbish :(
>
>   From 'getfattr test_file':
> # file: test_file
> user.test_foo=0sMTIzAA==
> user.test_fee=0sMTIzAA==

MTIzAA== is the base64 encoding of "123\0", the final null
character prevents getfattr from outputting the value as
plain text.

Jean-Pierre