[Pythonmac-SIG] MacOS 10.4: getxattr() etc. for Python?

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 6-mei-2005, at 15:37, Wolfgang Keller wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>> does  "every"  system possessing a driver for such a file system use
>> the getxattr &c functions to access these features?
>>
>
> There  is  a Posix standard API for extended attributes. And afaik all
> Linuxes  and  even  Windows  are  implementing  this  standard. As for
> Apple, no clue.
Are you sure? ... ah, i see: Apple has added some additinal arguments to
the Posix functions. That's lame, why couldn't they invent new names for
their extension?

Ronald