The zsh/attr
module is used for manipulating extended attributes.
The -h
option causes all commands to operate on symbolic links instead
of their targets.
The builtins in this module are:
zgetattr
[ -h
] filename attribute [ parameter ]Get the extended attribute attribute from the specified filename. If the optional argument parameter is given, the attribute is set on that parameter instead of being printed to stdout.
zsetattr
[ -h
] filename attribute valueSet the extended attribute attribute on the specified filename to value.
zdelattr
[ -h
] filename attributeRemove the extended attribute attribute from the specified filename.
zlistattr
[ -h
] filename [ parameter ]List the extended attributes currently set on the specified filename. If the optional argument parameter is given, the list of attributes is set on that parameter instead of being printed to stdout.
zgetattr
and zlistattr
allocate memory dynamically. If the
attribute or list of attributes grows between the allocation and the call
to get them, they return 2. On all other errors, 1 is returned. This
allows the calling function to check for this case and retry.