Re: [coreutils] [PATCHv2] stat: print SELinux context when available

[Jim Meyering]

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 01/10/10 21:41, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Eric Blake wrote:
>>> * src/stat.c (default_format): Include context when present.
>>
>> This is a close call, but I think it is justified.
>> stat's default format should show as much information
>> as possible, and no one should be parsing it.
>> SELinux context, when available, deserves to be printed here.
>
> So I guess in future we might add other non stat(2) meta-data like,
> ACLs, capabilities, other extended attributes... ?

No one has asked for it, but now that you mention it,
that does make sense.  Being able to use one tool (stat) to
get at all types of metadata seems like it'd be worth the effort.