setxattr


Description:

[ Version ( since = "1.0.59" ) ]
public bool setxattr (string xattr, string val, int32 vallen, string path) throws Error

set extended attribute of a file or directory

This call sets the extended attribute named xattr of the file path to the value val (of length vallen). The value is arbitrary 8 bit data.

See also: lsetxattr, attr(5).

This function depends on the feature "linuxxattrs". See also feature_available.

Parameters:

this

A GuestfsSession object

Returns:

true on success, false on error