A shell command (binary executable) allowing the manipulation of the extended attributes of a file. Extended attributes allow the arbitrary association of name:data (i.e., key-value) pairs with file system objects.

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File Managers, Topic

License

MIT License

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Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, Mac

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

C

Related Categories

C File Managers, C Topic Software

Registered

2008-02-01