swift-xattr

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Installation

• Add Objective-C bridging header to your project (howto)
• Add a line to the bridging header: #include <sys/xattr.h>
• Add xattr.swift to your project

Usage

import Foundation

do {

  let customName = "Custom"
  let customPath = "/file.txt"
  let customData = "Custom Data".data(using: .utf8)!

  // Setting an attribute
  try Xattr.set(named: customName, data: customData, atPath: customPath)

  // Getting data from an attribute
  let data = try Xattr.dataFor(named: customName, atPath: customPath)

  // Gettings list of attributes
  let names = try Xattr.names(atPath: customPath)

  // Removing an attribute
  try Xattr.remove(named: customName, atPath: customPath)
}
catch {

  print(error.localizedDescription)
}