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Author	benjamin.peterson
Recipients	Arfrever, benjamin.peterson, neologix, pitrou
Date	2011-08-28.16:40:42
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2011/8/28 Antoine Pitrou <report@bugs.python.org>: > > Antoine Pitrou <pitrou@free.fr> added the comment: > > Is it normal that listxattr() succeeds but getxattr() fails with ENOTSUPP? > >>>> os.listxattr("/") > [] >>>> os.getxattr("/", "foo") > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > OSError: [Errno 95] Operation not supported The reason you're getting ENOSUP is you have to use the proper prefix. "user.*" for example.

2011/8/28 Antoine Pitrou <report@bugs.python.org>:
>
> Antoine Pitrou <pitrou@free.fr> added the comment:
>
> Is it normal that listxattr() succeeds but getxattr() fails with ENOTSUPP?
>
>>>> os.listxattr("/")
> []
>>>> os.getxattr("/", "foo")
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> OSError: [Errno 95] Operation not supported

The reason you're getting ENOSUP is you have to use the proper prefix.
"user.*" for example.

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