From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Dave Eckhardt <davide+p9@cs.cmu.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: everything is a directory
In-Reply-To: <9f3897940708201036r1d877f55v38f7594f48774537@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:52:59 -0400
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> In XFS, several tools use EA's to assign attributes like "DO NOT
> DUMP" or hierarchical file management data. This data *should* be
> discarded by normal tools (since cp is creating a new file, and mv
> only modifes directories but not i-node's EAs) and are of interest
> only to those system daemons

Some attributes (icon) "*should*" be copied.

Other attributes (don't back me up) "*should* be discarded".

New attributes will doubtless be added every week.

How's a tool to know the right way to treat each attribute?

Dave Eckhardt