Hi everyone!
This is not about a bug, it's more a feature (re)quest(ion), but this is
the only list I found on [How to contact findutils:
(gnu.org)](https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/). Please feel free to
point me somewhere else, if you feel there's a better place to talk
about "xattrs and find" :)
So I'm working with laaaarge datasets: of metadata and nnn-GBs (or
larger) binary files in different file formats in the GLAM (Galleries
Libraries Archives Museums) sector as developer, admin and workflow
designer. I've recently fell in love with "xattrs" (combined file-object
access "by ID" - not path/filename).
I've discovered that many core GNU/Linux environment applications and
programming libraries support Extended Attributes (xattrs) out of the
box - just not by default (yet): rsync, tar, cp, yt-dlp
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Would you be interested, and would it be possible to add xattr
key-or-value search-functionality to find(utils)?
I'm not expecting this to be for free, and if I get an offer from you, I
may be able to get funding.
I'm convinced, improving reliable and seamless xattr support is a great
advantage to any tool these days: Like having seamless unicode character
filenames, compared to DOS 8.3 UPPERCASE ASCII characters only - for
today's daily use of "file objects" :D
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Imagine, if GNU `find` would allow searching by xattr key-or-value too?
I'd be very happy to hear from you.
Personally, I'm using xattrs to handle data already for ~1.5y, and I'm
super-happy about using the filesystem as simple database.
Thanks and regards!
Peter
