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<?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 of filesystem objects.</para>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&attr-fin-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&attr-fin-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Attr</title>

    <para>Prepare Attr for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --disable-static  \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/attr-&attr-version;</userinput></screen>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>The tests must 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 check</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
  <!-- Multilib - 32bit  -->
  <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
  
  <sect2 arch="ml_32,ml_all" role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Attr - 32bit</title>

    <para>Clean previous build:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>

    <para>Prepare Attr for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" ./configure \
    --prefix=/usr         \
    --disable-static      \
    --sysconfdir=/etc     \
    --libdir=/usr/lib32   \
    --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu</userinput></screen>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32
rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>

  </sect2><!-- m32 -->

  <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
  <!-- Multilib - x32bit -->
  <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
  
  <sect2 arch="ml_x32,ml_all" role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Attr - x32bit</title>

    <para>Clean previous build:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>

    <para>Prepare Attr for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" ./configure \
    --prefix=/usr          \
    --disable-static       \
    --sysconfdir=/etc      \
    --libdir=/usr/libx32   \
    --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32</userinput></screen>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/libx32/* /usr/libx32
rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>

  </sect2><!-- mx32 -->

  <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 setfattr</seg>
        <seg>libattr.so</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/attr and /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="setfattr">
        <term><command>setfattr</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Sets the extended attributes of filesystem objects</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr setfattr">
            <primary sortas="b-setfattr">setfattr</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libattr">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libattr</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Contains the library functions for manipulating extended attributes</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-attr libattr">
            <primary sortas="c-libattr">libattr</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>