From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26092 invoked by alias); 6 Jul 2014 22:33:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 18928 Received: (qmail 17879 invoked from network); 6 Jul 2014 22:33:23 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rAo8pIBPrYa2zC3tXoJTdED7fK+pe9Udag0S2XPaMh4=; b=ftkbuAKGCm/x9BIKgRicRPjBBOhWnJ3fXm6RW6Fl2YcFcHYVZqCCbAJU6Hr3UY+K7r EwRRGdLrDiHbKR/DGSiyeyZGWkP7NVC3YuTuKdLb1lrbf4rx1YN6V5vNVnmHrYSLJZuw dFAmy6A3P1A8boyP+rtmBTqXerSwOi86h+YuL2wvf9OnCqJgmCEMRx5XYSQRJTvhSM3l P5mlBsOYGhPg5VUv2VSRt16cFmYuIeepbA+LP4n79e1R21KGHrIsa4x6gz5mpHWzsp3Z yM97H/6qTlKAqkxYhEqgVKu+Aw/iyWFV/YNMCeUo7qGgGLK0eUBOM8fFKu4RGEB0p7bf fLUw== X-Received: by 10.58.56.102 with SMTP id z6mr23096666vep.7.1404685998839; Sun, 06 Jul 2014 15:33:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <53B6870A.2050304@free.fr> References: <20140703224404.4cee3433@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> <53B6870A.2050304@free.fr> From: shawn wilson Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 18:32:58 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: note metadata for files To: =?UTF-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois_Revol?= Cc: Zsh Users Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable So, I'm pushing this more into the realm of OT here (ie, this no longer has anything to do with zsh and for this reason and possibly others, this discussion might want to go offlist) On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 6:50 AM, Fran=C3=A7ois Revol wrote: > On 04/07/2014 05:55, shawn wilson wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Peter Stephenson >> wrote: >>> On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 13:59:24 -0400 >>> shawn wilson wrote: >>>> Maybe not a zsh specific question, but... >>>> >>>> Does anyone have a system for attaching notes to a file? >>> >>> You might be interested in Oliver's article on using Linux file >>> attributes for metadata with zsh: >>> >>> http://www.linux-mag.com/id/2126/ > > As for xattrs, you'll want to check the XDG guidelines instead of > redefining your own: > > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/CommonExtendedAttributes/ > Heh, I had no idea there was a standard (kinda your point I guess) :) > In case you're interested in the xattr compatibility issue, I've written > a paper about this: > http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/dc-2011/paper/view/53 > Sadly it seems nobody cares. Hmmmm, so how far has your research gone here? What software ignores xattr on which fs (how well does something like ncase deal with it)? What security mechanisms rely on EAs and have you tried to mangle them in order to bypass these mechanisms (either OS or application policies)? I'd be more interested in the networked ramifications of mangled EAs, but a copy from a thumb drive might be interesting as well (though I doubt that would be very fruitful since moving into a higher security realm is a bit harder in kernel space).