---
name: "File::ExtAttr::Tie"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libfile-extattr-perl"
version: "1.09-6+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/File::ExtAttr::Tie"
---

# File::ExtAttr::Tie(3pm)

Tie interface to extended attributes of files

## NAME

File::ExtAttr::Tie - Tie interface to extended attributes of files

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use File::ExtAttr::Tie;
  use Data::Dumper;
  tie %a,
    "File::ExtAttr::Tie", "/Applications (Mac  OS 9)/Sherlock 2",
    { namespace => 'user' };
  print Dumper \%a;
```

produces:

```
  $VAR1 = {
           'com.apple.FinderInfo' => 'APPLfndf!?',
           'com.apple.ResourceFork' => '?p?p5I'
          };
```

## DESCRIPTION

File::ExtAttr::Tie provides access to extended attributes of a file through a tied hash. Creating a new key creates a new extended attribute associated with the file. Modifying the value or removing a key likewise modifies/removes the extended attribute.

Internally this module uses the File::ExtAttr module. So it has the same restrictions as that module in terms of OS support.

## METHODS

- tie "File::ExtAttr::Tie", $filename, \[\\%flags\]

  The flags are the same optional flags as in File::ExtAttr.  Any flags given here will be passed to all operations on the tied hash. Only the `"namespace"` flag makes sense. The hash will be tied to the default namespace, if no flags are given.

## SEE ALSO

File::ExtAttr

## AUTHOR

David Leadbeater, \<http://dgl.cx/contact\>

Documentation by Richard Dawe, \<richdawe@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2006 by David Leadbeater

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.5 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

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