# setfattr(1) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       setfattr - set extended attributes of filesystem objects

## SYNOPSIS
       **setfattr** [**-h**] **-n** **name** [**-v** **value**] **pathname**...
       **setfattr** [**-h**] **-x** **name** **pathname**...
       **setfattr** [**-h**] **--restore=file**

## DESCRIPTION
       The  **setfattr**  command associates a new _value_ with an extended attribute _name_ for each speci‐
       fied file.

## OPTIONS
### -n --name
           Specifies the name of the extended attribute to set.

### -v --value
           Specifies the new value of the extended attribute. There are three methods available  for
           encoding  the  value.  If the given string is enclosed in double quotes, the inner string
           is treated as text. In that case, backslashes and double quotes have special meanings and
           need  to  be escaped by a preceding backslash. Any control characters can be encoded as a
           backslash followed by three digits as its ASCII code in octal. If the given string begins
           with  0x  or 0X, it expresses a hexadecimal number. If the given string begins with 0s or
           0S, base64 encoding is expected.  Also see the --encoding option of [getfattr(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/getfattr/1/markdown).

### -x --remove
           Remove the named extended attribute entirely.

### -h --no-dereference
           Do not follow symlinks.  If _pathname_ is a symbolic link, it is not followed, but  is  in‐
           stead itself the inode being modified.

       **--restore**=_file_
           Restores  extended attributes from file.  The file must be in the format generated by the
           **getfattr** command with the **--dump** option.  If a dash (_-_) is given as the file  name,  **set**‐‐
           **fattr** reads from standard input.

### --raw
           Do  not  decode  the  attribute  value.  Can be used to set values obtained with **getfattr**
           **--only-values**.

### --version
           Print the version of **setfattr** and exit.

### --help
           Print help explaining the command line options.

       **--**  End of command line options.  All remaining parameters are  interpreted  as  file  names,
           even if they start with a dash character.

## EXAMPLES
       Add extended attribute to user namespace:

### $ setfattr -n user.foo -v bar file.txt

       To add md5sum of the file as an extended attribute:

### # setfattr -n trusted.md5sum -v d41d8cd98f00b204e00998ecf8427e file.txt

## AUTHOR
       Andreas  Gruenbacher,  <<_andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com_>>  and  the  SGI  XFS  development team,
       <<_linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com_>>.

       Please send your bug reports or comments to <_<https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=attr_>> or
       <<_acl-devel@nongnu.org_>>.

## SEE ALSO
       [**getfattr**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/getfattr/1/markdown), [**attr**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/attr/5/markdown)



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