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-# fuse_xattrs
-add xattrs support using sidecar files.
+## Abstract
+
+This filesystem provides xattr support using sidecar files.
+
+## Latest version
+
+The latest version and more information can be found on
+http://github.com/fbarriga/fuse_xattrs
+
+
+## How to mount a filesystem
+
+Once fuse_xattrs is installed (see next section) running it is very simple:
+
+    fuse_xattrs mountpoint
+
+To unmount the filesystem:
+
+    fusermount -u mountpoint
+
+
+## Installing
+
+First you need to download FUSE 2.9 or later from
+http://github.com/libfuse/libfuse.
+
+    mkdir build
+    cd build
+    cmake ..
+    make
+
+
+## Links
+
+- http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/setxattr.2.html
+- http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/listxattr.2.html
+- http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/getxattr.2.html
+- http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/errno.3.html
+- https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/CommonExtendedAttributes/