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xfsprogs: add supported file attributes to xfs.5 manpage

PATCH RESEND In review Eric Sandeen 3 participants 3 messages Aug 20, 2014

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PATCH RESEND 1/1 xfsprogs: add supported file attributes to xfs.5 manpage

The chattr(1) manpage now refers users to filesystem-specific manpages for details on supported attributes, so add those to xfs.5.

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I thought I had sent this already, but I guess not...

(and now resending to xfs@ not linux-xfs@ in hopes that this one gets through...)

man/man5/xfs.5 +21 -1
index 5e47c4c..3214455 100644
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .TH xfs 5
 .SH NAME
-xfs \- layout and mount options for the XFS filesystem
+xfs \- layout, mount options, and supported file attributes for the XFS filesystem
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 An XFS filesystem can reside on a regular disk partition or on a
 logical volume.
@@ -302,7 +302,27 @@ namespace is on stable storage. This is useful in HA setups
 where failover must not result in clients seeing
 inconsistent namespace presentation during or after a
 failover event.
+.SH FILE ATTRIBUTES
+The XFS filesystem supports setting the following file
+attributes on Linux systems using the
+.BR chattr (1)
+utility:
+.sp
+.BR a " - append only"
+.sp
+.BR A " - no atime updates"
+.sp
+.BR d " - no dump"
+.sp
+.BR i " - immutable"
+.sp
+.BR S " - synchronous updates"
+.sp
+For descriptions of these attribute flags, please refer to the
+.BR chattr (1)
+man page.
 .SH SEE ALSO
+.BR chattr (1),
 .BR xfsctl (3),
 .BR mount (8),
 .BR mkfs.xfs (8),

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Quoted 4 lines · Eric Sandeen

The chattr(1) manpage now refers users to filesystem-specific manpages for details on supported attributes, so add those to xfs.5.

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---

I thought I had sent this already, but I guess not...

(and now resending to xfs@ not linux-xfs@ in hopes that this one gets through...)

linux-xfs@ email address was converted to a spam trap several months back. The only email traffic on it was from spammers.
-Troy

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man/man5/xfs.5 +21 -1
index 5e47c4c..3214455 100644
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
  .TH xfs 5
  .SH NAME
-xfs \- layout and mount options for the XFS filesystem
+xfs \- layout, mount options, and supported file attributes for the XFS filesystem
  .SH DESCRIPTION
  An XFS filesystem can reside on a regular disk partition or on a
  logical volume.
@@ -302,7 +302,27 @@ namespace is on stable storage. This is useful in HA setups
  where failover must not result in clients seeing
  inconsistent namespace presentation during or after a
  failover event.
+.SH FILE ATTRIBUTES
+The XFS filesystem supports setting the following file
+attributes on Linux systems using the
+.BR chattr (1)
+utility:
+.sp
+.BR a " - append only"
+.sp
+.BR A " - no atime updates"
+.sp
+.BR d " - no dump"
+.sp
+.BR i " - immutable"
+.sp
+.BR S " - synchronous updates"
+.sp
+For descriptions of these attribute flags, please refer to the
+.BR chattr (1)
+man page.
  .SH SEE ALSO
+.BR chattr (1),
  .BR xfsctl (3),
  .BR mount (8),
  .BR mkfs.xfs (8),
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Quoted 8 lines · Troy McCorkell
Quoted 7 lines · Eric Sandeen

The chattr(1) manpage now refers users to filesystem-specific manpages for details on supported attributes, so add those to xfs.5.

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Quoted 7 lines
Quoted 5 lines

I thought I had sent this already, but I guess not...

(and now resending to xfs@ not linux-xfs@ in hopes that this one gets through...)

linux-xfs@ email address was converted to a spam trap several months back. The only email traffic on it was from spammers.

whooops. And me! ;) Thanks, I remember now, need to purge it from my auto-filling book.

-Eric (goes to look for anything else he sent there...)

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