NAME

Filesys::Ext2 - Interface to ext2 and ext3 filesystem attributes

SYNOPSIS

  use Filesys::Ext2 qw(:all);
  eval { $mode = lsattr("/etc/passwd"); }
  eval { chattr("+aud", "/etc/passwd"); }
  #or equivalently
  #chattr($mode|0x0062, "/etc/passwd");

DESCRIPTION

You may specify the path of the e2fsprogs upon use

  use Filesys::Ext2 {PATH=>'/path/to/binaries'};

Otherwise the module will use the default path /usr/bin/

chattr($mask, @files)

Change the mode of @files to match $mask. $mask may be a bitmask or symbolic mode eg;

  =DIE
  +cad
  -s-i

Throws an exception upon failure.

lsattr(@files)

Returns bitmasks respresenting the attributes of @files.

Throws an exception upon failure.

lstat($file)

Same as CORE::lstat, but appends the numerical attribute bitmask.

stat($file)

Same as CORE::stat, but appends the numerical attribute bitmask.

calcSymMask($mask)

Accepts a bitmask and returns the symbolic mode. In list context it returns a symbol list like lsattr, in scalar context it returns a string that matches the - region of lsattr(1) eg;