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What is EA?

• Someone 12y ago
  Probably Extended Attributes (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_file_attributes http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_file_attributes) They stick better with files, as long as your tools know about them and handle them fine. Weakness is that they can (will) get lost in tools that do not. There are many of them: zip-unzip, tar-untar, http requests, ftp, etc.
  • albertzeyer 12y ago
    Ah. Also, depending on the FS, they are probably too limited, e.g. in size (only 4kb for ext2/3/4).
  • dingaling 12y ago
    > Weakness is that they can (will) get lost in tools that do not. Including, frustratingly, Linux's NFS implementation. A WONTFIX apparently.