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attr.7: Minor wording fixes
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ An attribute may be defined or undefined.
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If it is defined, its value may be empty or non-empty.
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.PP
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Extended attributes are extensions to the normal attributes which are
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associated with all inodes in the system (i.e. the
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associated with all inodes in the system (i.e., the
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.BR stat (2)
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data).
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They are often used to provide additional functionality
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@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ext2, ext3, ext4, XFS, JFS and reiserfs filesystems.
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Attribute names are zero-terminated strings.
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The attribute name is always specified in the fully qualified
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.IR namespace.attribute
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form, eg.
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form, for example,
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.IR user.mime_type ,
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.IR trusted.md5sum ,
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.IR system.posix_acl_access ,
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.PP
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The namespace mechanism is used to define different classes of extended
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attributes.
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These different classes exist for several reasons, e.g. the permissions
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These different classes exist for several reasons;
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for example, the permissions
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and capabilities required for manipulating extended attributes of one
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namespace may differ to another.
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.PP
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