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| author | Adam Spragg <adam@spra.gg> | 2022-05-16 14:25:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Adam Spragg <adam@spra.gg> | 2022-05-18 17:19:40 +0100 |
| commit | 96df5969b11b9a64f95c0c28347154b06cfc9d15 (patch) | |
| tree | d6e7caa88adb474e32acc4992dc1787b12e88878 /metastore.txt | |
| parent | 0ae5e697e83fef2f200dfdcf16caebc8a15a9681 (diff) | |
Add -r/--format option to pick the format to save as
Only version 0 is supported here.
Diffstat (limited to 'metastore.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | metastore.txt | 24 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/metastore.txt b/metastore.txt index 7edb5a8..f3d7d55 100644 --- a/metastore.txt +++ b/metastore.txt @@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ SYNOPSIS metastore ACTION [OPTION...] [PATH...] DESCRIPTION - Stores or restores metadata (owner, group, permissions, xattrs and - optionally mtime) for a filesystem tree. This can be used to preserve - the metadata in situations where it is usually not stored (git and tar - for example) or as a tripwire like mechanism to detect any changes to - metadata. Note that e.g. SELinux stores its labels in xattrs so care + Stores or restores metadata (owner, group, permissions, xattrs and op‐ + tionally mtime) for a filesystem tree. This can be used to preserve the + metadata in situations where it is usually not stored (git and tar for + example) or as a tripwire like mechanism to detect any changes to meta‐ + data. Note that e.g. SELinux stores its labels in xattrs so care should be taken when applying stored metadata to make sure that system security is not compromised. @@ -72,13 +72,21 @@ OPTIONS Causes the metadata to be saved, read from the specified file rather than ./.metadata. + -r <foRmat>, --format <foRmat> + Causes the metadata to be saved in format <foRmat>. See FORMATS + below. + PATHS - If no path is specified, metastore will use the current directory as - the basis for the actions. This is the recommended way of executing - metastore. Alternatively, one or more paths can be specified and they + If no path is specified, metastore will use the current directory as + the basis for the actions. This is the recommended way of executing + metastore. Alternatively, one or more paths can be specified and they will each be examined. Later invocations should be made using the exact same paths to ensure that the stored metadata is interpreted correctly. +FORMATS + 0 The original and default format, it is a compact binary repre‐ + sentation of the file metadata stored. + AUTHORS metastore was created by David Härdeman in 2007-2008. Now it is main‐ tained by Przemysław Pawełczyk. All source code contributors are |