Bug 7202 - add fatattr support
Summary: add fatattr support
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Busybox
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P5 enhancement
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Reported: 2014-06-13 17:34 UTC by eclectic923
Modified: 2014-06-30 11:09 UTC (History)
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Description eclectic923 2014-06-13 17:34:45 UTC 
I'm a long time user (and have even submitted patches) of busybox.

One of the regular problems I have to deal with is working with FAT32 file systems using busybox.

It is really a hassle that fatattr(1) isn't supported under busybox.

I'd do it myself, but I just don't have the time. So, the best I can do is submit an enhancement request.

Given that lsattr and chattr are supported, I'd think that supporting fatattr shouldn't be a big deal. Given that busybox supports creating and checking FAT32 file systems, not having fatattr(1) seems like it's almost a bug (only 2 out of 3 components required for working with FAT32 are present, yet for EXT2 3 out of 3 components are present).

Keep up the good work.
Comment 1 Denys Vlasenko 2014-06-30 11:09:53 UTC 
Applied to git.