remove, list changes, get,

README.md

@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 node-xattr is a native module wrapping xattr to read and set extended attributes on files. 
 
-## Install
-
-npm install xattr
-
 ## Build
 
 node-waf configure && node-waf build && node-waf install
@@ -16,11 +12,19 @@ node-waf configure && node-waf build && node-waf install
 
 Get all the extended attributes on a file, returns obj 
 
+  var attrs = xattr.glist("/path/to/file");
+
+Get just the extended attribute names on a file, returns array obj 
+
   var attrs = xattr.list("/path/to/file");
 
 Set an extended attribute on a file.  Note at thie moment you can only set string values.
 
   xattr.set("/path/to/file", "someAttribute", "someValue");
 
+Remove xattr on a file, returns bool
+
+  xattr.remove("/path/to/file", "user.attribute");
+
 
 

src/node_xattr.cc

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static Handle<Value> set(const Arguments& args) {
         return Boolean::New(true);
 }
 
-static Handle<Value> list(const Arguments& args) {
+static Handle<Value> GetList(const Arguments& args) {
 	HandleScope scope;
 	char list[XATTR_SIZE],value[XATTR_SIZE];
 	const char *filename;
@@ -94,30 +94,113 @@ static Handle<Value> list(const Arguments& args) {
 	// create obj for return
 	Handle<Object> result = Object::New();
 
-	if (listLen<1){
-		return result;
-	}
-
 	//for each of the attrs, do getxattr and add them as key/val to the obj
 	for (ns=0; ns<listLen; ns+= strlen(&list[ns])+1){
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 		  valueLen = getxattr(filename, &list[ns],value, XATTR_SIZE, 0, 0);
 #else
 		  valueLen = getxattr(filename, &list[ns],value, XATTR_SIZE);
 #endif
-		//if (valueLen > 0){
+		if (valueLen > 0){
 			result->Set(String::New(&list[ns]),String::New(value, valueLen));
-		//}
+		}
 	} 
 	return result;
 }
 
+static Handle<Value> get(const Arguments& args) {
+	HandleScope scope;
+	char *attr,value[XATTR_SIZE];
+	const char *filename;
+	const char *attribute;
+
+	ssize_t valueLen;
+	int ns;
+
+	//make sure we were passed a string
+	REQ_STR_ARG(0, s1);
+	filename= ObjectToString(s1).c_str();
+	REQ_STR_ARG(1, s2);
+	attribute= ObjectToString(s2).c_str();
+
+
+	// create obj for return
+	Handle<Object> result = Object::New();
+
+	//for each of the attrs, do getxattr and add them as key/val to the obj
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+		  valueLen = getxattr(filename, attribute,value, XATTR_SIZE, 0, 0);
+#else
+		  valueLen = getxattr(filename, attribute,value, XATTR_SIZE);
+#endif
+			result->Set(String::New(attribute),String::New(value));
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+static Handle<Value> SimpleList(const Arguments& args) {
+	HandleScope scope;
+	char list[XATTR_SIZE];
+	const char *filename;
+	ssize_t listLen;
+	int ns;
+
+	//make sure we were passed a string
+	REQ_STR_ARG(0, s);
+	filename= ObjectToString(s).c_str();
+
+	//get all the extended attributes on filename
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+	listLen = listxattr(filename,list,XATTR_SIZE,0);
+#else
+	listLen = listxattr(filename,list,XATTR_SIZE);
+#endif
+	// create obj for return
+	Handle<Object> result = Object::New();
+
+	//for each of the attrs, do getxattr and add them as key/val to the obj
+	int nc=0;
+	for (ns=0; ns<listLen; ns+= strlen(&list[ns])+1){
+			nc++;
+			result->Set(nc,String::New(&list[ns]));
+	} 
+	return result;
+}
+static Handle<Value> remove(const Arguments& args) {
+	HandleScope scope;
+	ssize_t res;
+	int valLen;
+
+        REQ_ASCII_ARG(0,filename);
+        REQ_ASCII_ARG(1,attribute);
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+	res = removexattr(*filename, *attribute,0);
+#else
+	res = removexattr(*filename, *attribute);
+#endif
+        //printf("Setting file: %s, attribute: %s, value: %s, length: %d\n", *filename, *attribute, *val,val.length());
+
+
+	//Error
+	if (res == -1){
+                return ThrowException(Exception::TypeError(             \
+                        String::Concat(String::New("Error removing extended attribue: "), String::New(strerror(errno)))));
+	}
+
+        return Boolean::New(true);
+}
+
+
+
 extern "C" {
 
 	void init (Handle<Object> target)
 	{
-		NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "list", list);
+		NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "list",  SimpleList);
+		NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "glist", GetList);
 		NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "set", set);
+		NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "get", get);
+		NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "remove", remove);
 	}
 
 	NODE_MODULE(xattr, init);

test/test.js

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function runTest(runs){
 
 
 		function check() {
-			var data = xattr.list(filename);
+			var data = xattr.glist(filename);
 
 			for (var i = 0; i<4; i++){
 				if (data["user.p"+i] != vals["v" + i]){

test/utils.js

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ var filename = "/tmp/xattr.test";
 //var filename = "/opt/solr_index/perfTest/xattr.test";
 //var filename = "/var/glusterfs/galaxy/galaxy_0/testDir/xattr.test";
 //var filename = "/var/glusterfs/polyomic/polyomic_0/testDir/xattr.test";
-var filename = "/storage/testDir/xattr.test";
 
 exports.createFile=function(index, cb){
 	if (index){