Subject: Re: [PATCH] get/set FAT filesystem attribute bits
From: Nicholas Miell <nmiell@comcast.net>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:24:07 -0800
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On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 12:57 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> This patch adds a set of ioctls to get and set the FAT filesystem native 
> attribute bits, including the unused bits (6 and 7.)
> 

Instead of adding another ioctl, wouldn't an xattr be more appropriate?
For instance, system.fatattrs containing a text representation of the
attribute bits.

i.e. 
	a = archive
	d = directory
	h = hidden
	r = read only
	s = system
	v = volume
	6 = unused bit 6
	7 = unused bit 7

and

bash-3.00$ getfattr -n system.fatattrs dosfile.txt
# file: dosfile.txt
system.fatattrs="ar"

bash-3.00$
-- 
Nicholas Miell <nmiell@comcast.net>

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