Extended file attributes on Linux ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Extattrs on Linux not very well documented / used / explained. Fairly new feature (2.6.something?) Extattrs are meta-data - information about a file, like mtime. Extattrs are arbitrary and can be user-defined. Explain example usages flickrfs - could use extattrs for tags rather than colon separators How to use them No Perl interface yet - module