Storing metadata in file system
When saving a download to a file with curl, the
--xattr
option tells curl to also store certain file metadata in "extended file attributes". These extended attributes are standardized name/value pairs stored in the file system, assuming one of the supported file systems and operating systems are used.Currently, the URL is stored in the
xdg.origin.url
attribute and, for HTTP, the content type is stored in the mime_type
attribute. If the file system does not support extended attributes when this option is set, a warning is issued.Last modified 1yr ago