On 5/4/05, Michael Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wolfgang Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [xattr & co] > > Dumb question: How about integrating it "officially" in the Macpython > > distribution, so that all file objects on MacOS X.4 automatically have > > an xattr dict? > > Are these functions in any way standard (eg. does FreeBSD have them?). > If so, they should probably be detected at configure time.
I don't believe FreeBSD has them, but the SELinux project has them for ACLs, though they are poorly documented. They may also exist in other file systems, such as ReiserFS. Also, the concept exists on Solaris as well. The trick is that on Solaris and SELinux they're purely an ACL issue as far as I know. I believe Tiger is the first OS to fully deploy an abstract meta-data infrastructure in the FS. While ReiserFS has it, from what I'm told, it's not widely deployed. > Another question is if empty xattr dicts should appear on platforms > with no support for them. Yes, they should appear empty, and I would imagine, throw an Exception on any attempt to set them. Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli | [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
