---
name: "gluster-setgfid2path"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "glusterfs"
version: "1:11.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gluster-setgfid2path"
---

# gluster-setgfid2path(8)

Gluster tool to set GFID to Path xattrs

## NAME

gluster-setgfid2path - Gluster tool to set GFID to Path xattrs

## SYNOPSIS

**gluster-setgfid2path** *file*

## DESCRIPTION

New feature introduced with Gluster release 3.12, to find full path from GFID. This feature can be enabled using Volume set command **gluster volume set** **\<VOLUME\> storage.gfid2path enable**

Once **gfid2path** feature is enabled, it starts recording the necessary xattrs required for the feature. But it will not add xattrs for the already existing files. This tool provides facility to update the gfid2path xattrs for the given file path.

## EXAMPLES

To add xattrs of a single file,

```
gluster-setgfid2path /bricks/b1/hello.txt
```

To set xattr for all the existing files, run the below script on each bricks.

```
BRICK=/bricks/b1
find $BRICK -type d \( -path "${BRICK}/.trashcan" -o -path \
    "${BRICK}/.glusterfs" \) -prune -o -type f \
    -exec gluster-setgfid2path {} \;
```

## SEE ALSO

```
gluster(8)
```

## COPYRIGHT

```
Copyright(c) 2017   Red Hat, Inc.   <http://www.redhat.com>
```