From 310cbe66275e8df6dd2ddd2ff40149c8b5d00453 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Akira Kurogane Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:47:10 +0900 Subject: README edit to contrast xattr to getfattr etc. --- README.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index a1de1fb..b94cfc0 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ xattr .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/xattr/xattr.svg?branch=master :target: https://travis-ci.org/xattr/xattr -xattr is a Python wrapper for extended filesystem attributes. +xattr is a Python script wrapper for viewing and editing extended filesystem attributes on the command line. It is provided as an alternative to getfattr, setfattr, etc. for Unix-y environments that don't have those. Extended attributes extend the basic attributes of files and directories in the file system. They are stored as name:data pairs associated with -- cgit v1.2.1 From 13aea2160b29d3eda87b614a6fca9ad873e44e11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Ippolito Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 08:06:59 -0700 Subject: Clarifications to the README update --- README.rst | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index b94cfc0..597d830 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ xattr .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/xattr/xattr.svg?branch=master :target: https://travis-ci.org/xattr/xattr -xattr is a Python script wrapper for viewing and editing extended filesystem attributes on the command line. It is provided as an alternative to getfattr, setfattr, etc. for Unix-y environments that don't have those. +xattr is a Python wrapper for extended filesystem attributes. + +xattr also ships with an `xattr` command line tool for viewing and +editing extended filesystem attributes. On platforms that support or +ship with the attr package, you may prefer to use the `getfattr` +and `setfattr` command line tools from the attr package. Extended attributes extend the basic attributes of files and directories in the file system. They are stored as name:data pairs associated with -- cgit v1.2.1