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diff --git a/chapter06/attr.xml b/chapter06/attr.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cc50a2690 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter06/attr.xml @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> + %general-entities; +]> + +<sect1 id="ch-system-attr" role="wrap"> + <?dbhtml filename="attr.html"?> + + <sect1info condition="script"> + <productname>attr</productname> + <productnumber>&attr-version;</productnumber> + <address>&attr-url;</address> + </sect1info> + + <title>Attr-&attr-version;</title> + + <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr"> + <primary sortas="a-Attr">Attr</primary> + </indexterm> + + <sect2 role="package"> + <title/> + + <para>The attr package contains utilities to administer the extended + attributes on filesystem objects.</para> + + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> + <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> + + <seglistitem> + <seg>&attr-ch6-sbu;</seg> + <seg>&attr-ch6-du;</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 role="installation"> + <title>Installation of Attr</title> + + <para>Modify the documentation directory so that it is a versioned + directory:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's|/@pkg_name@|&-@pkg_version@|' include/builddefs.in</userinput></screen> +<!-- + <para>Prevent installation of manual pages that were already installed by + Man-Pages package:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e "/SUBDIRS/s|man2||" man/Makefile</userinput></screen> +--> + <para>Prepare Attr for compilation:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin</userinput></screen> + + <para>Compile the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen> + + <para>The tests need to be run on a filesystem that supports extended + attributes such as the ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystems. To test the + results, issue:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="test">make tests root-tests</userinput></screen> + + <para>Install the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="install">make install install-dev install-lib +chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libattr.so</userinput></screen> + + <para>The shared library needs to be moved to + <filename class="directory">/lib</filename>, and as a result the + <filename class="extension">.so</filename> file in + <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> will need to be recreated:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/libattr.so.* /lib +ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libattr.so) /usr/lib/libattr.so</userinput></screen> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 id="contents-attr" role="content"> + <title>Contents of Attr</title> + + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> + <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle> + <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle> + + <seglistitem> + <seg>attr, getfattr, and setattr</seg> + <seg>libattr.{a,so}</seg> + <seg>/usr/include/attr, /usr/share/doc/attr-&attr-version;</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> + + <variablelist> + <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> + <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> + + <varlistentry id="attr"> + <term><command>attr</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Extends attributes on filesystem objects</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr attr"> + <primary sortas="b-attr">attr</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="getfattr"> + <term><command>getfattr</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Gets the extended attributes of filesystem objects.</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr getfattr"> + <primary sortas="b-getfattr">getfattr</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="setattr"> + <term><command>setattr</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Sets the extended attributes of filesystem objects</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr setattr"> + <primary sortas="b-setattr">setattr</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="libattr"> + <term><filename class="libraryfile">libattr</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>Contains the <application>Attr</application> API functions.</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr libattr"> + <primary sortas="c-libattr">libattr</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + </sect2> + +</sect1> |