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saving notes against a file on linux

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Mar 15, 20266239 views
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I want to save notes against a file on linux. I want to save meta data about a file, because the file names are restricted in max length. so how to save notes or comments about a file on linux so that it gets saved along with the file itself... i used the notes tab in the file properties dialogbox.…

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Fix for: saving notes against a file on linux

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Linux filesystems support a feature called extended file attributes or "xattr". You have to mount the filesystem with the mount option, and if you do then any application that has the right to read/write the file can also read/write a bunch of metad…

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