xattr

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xattr

Extended attribute support for Go (linux + darwin + freebsd).

"Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated permanently with files and directories, similar to the environment strings associated with a process. An attribute may be defined or undefined. If it is defined, its value may be empty or non-empty." See more...

Example

  const path = "/tmp/myfile"
  const prefix = "user."

  if err := xattr.Set(path, prefix+"test", []byte("test-attr-value")); err != nil {
  	log.Fatal(err)
  }
 
  var list []string
  if list, err = xattr.List(path); err != nil {
  	log.Fatal(err)
  }
  
  var data []byte
  if data, err = xattr.Get(path, prefix+"test"); err != nil {
  	log.Fatal(err)
  }

  if err = xattr.Remove(path, prefix+"test"); err != nil {
  	log.Fatal(err)
  }

Documentation

Overview

Package xattr provides support for extended attributes on linux, darwin and freebsd. Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated permanently with files and directories, similar to the environment strings associated with a process. An attribute may be defined or undefined. If it is defined, its value may be empty or non-empty. More details you can find here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_file_attributes

Index

• func Get(path, name string) ([]byte, error)
• func List(path string) ([]string, error)
• func Remove(path, name string) error
• func Set(path, name string, data []byte) error
• type Error
  • func (e *Error) Error() string

Functions

func Get

func Get(path, name string) ([]byte, error)

Get retrieves extended attribute data associated with path.

func List

func List(path string) ([]string, error)

List retrieves a list of names of extended attributes associated with the given path in the file system.

func Remove

func Remove(path, name string) error

Remove removes the attribute associated with the given path.

func Set

func Set(path, name string, data []byte) error

Set associates name and data together as an attribute of path.

Types

type Error

type Error struct {
	Op   string
	Path string
	Name string
	Err  error
}

Error records an error and the operation, file path and attribute that caused it.

func (*Error) Error

func (e *Error) Error() string