@@ -611,6 +611,37 @@ seriously cramp the system's style.)
.B i_version
Enable 64-bit inode version support. This option is off by default.
+.SH FILE ATTRIBUTES
+The ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystems support setting the following file
+attributes on Linux systems using the
+.BR chattr (1)
+utility:
+.sp
+.BR a " - append only"
+.sp
+.BR A " - no atime updates"
+.sp
+.BR d " - no dump"
+.sp
+.BR D " - synchronous directory updates"
+.sp
+.BR i " - immutable"
+.sp
+.BR S " - synchronous updates"
+.sp
+.BR u " - undeletable"
+.sp
+In addition, the ext3 and ext4 filesystems support the following flag:
+.sp
+.BR j " - data journaling"
+.sp
+Finally, the ext4 filesystem also supports the following flag:
+.sp
+.BR e " - extents format"
+.sp
+For descriptions of these attribute flags, please refer to the
+.BR chattr (1)
+man page.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mke2fs (8),
.BR mke2fs.conf (5),
@@ -618,4 +649,5 @@ Enable 64-bit inode version support. This option is off by default.
.BR dumpe2fs (8),
.BR tune2fs (8),
.BR debugfs (8),
-.BR mount (8)
+.BR mount (8),
+.BR chattr (1)
The chattr(1) manpage now refers users to filesystem-specific manpages for details on supported attributes, so add those to ext4.5. I've left out oddities like being able to set the compressed or no-tail-packing flags, or setting data journaling on ext2. That behavior seems like a bug, not a feature. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> --- Sorry, thought I had sent this earlier, but I guess I didn't. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html