Extended Attributes API

[Jason Evans]

Geoffrey Giesemann wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 03:05:35PM +0100, Michael Reifenberger wrote: 
>>What is the "official" way of backing up UFS[2] filesystems
>>containing extended attributes?
>>In former time dump(8) and restore(8) where the tools of choice.
>>But do they deal with extended attributes?
> 
> I had a vague recollection pax might've been able to back up extended
> attributes, but the specifications at [3] only hint at there being
> scope for extended attributes as an 'implementation extension'.
> 
> [3] http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/pax.html#tag_04_100_13_03

XAR is capable of dealing with extended attributes on several operating 
systems, including FreeBSD:

	http://www.opendarwin.org/projects/xar/

Jason