Re: [bug #58941] wishlist: Support for -xattr -xattrname
Kevin Locke <[email protected]>
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| Message-ID | <20200813022113.GA279088@kevinolos> |
Hi Morgan, On Thu, 2020-08-13 at 12:02 +1000, Morgan Weetman wrote: > On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 00:34, Kevin Locke wrote: >> It would be great if find could support searching for files based on the >> presence/absence of extended attributes (xattrs). > > I wrote support for this a few years ago but it needs a lot of tidying to > be accepted and I haven't had the time. I can share the GitLab repo with > you if you'd like to play with it, That's great! I'll bet it would be a useful reference and starting point for potential implementers (myself included). I have to admit that this feature isn't top priority for me at the moment (-exec, although not ideal, works well enough for my current needs), so there is no hurry. But I would like to help implement it eventually and I do think your code could be useful (to me and others) if you have a chance to post it. Thanks for starting on it and for jumping in on this issue! Best, Kevin