On Fri, Oct 06, 2023 at 08:27:54AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2023 at 10:37:34AM +0200, Daan De Meyer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It seems using --protofile ignores any extended attributes set on > > source files. I would like to generate an XFS filesystem using > > --protofile where extended attributes are copied from the source files > > into the generated filesystem. Any way to make this happen with > > --protofile? > > mkfs.xfs doesn't have a '--protofile' option. It has a '-p <file>' > option for specifying a protofile - is that what you mean? While we're on the topic, would it also be useful to have a -p switch that would copy the fsxattr options as well? --D > Regardless, there is no xattr support in mkfs/proto.c at all - it's > never been supported, and I don't recall anyone ever asking for it. > Hence it would have to be implemented from scratch if you need it. > > -Dave. > -- > Dave Chinner > david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
