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"option -r not recognized" when running xattr -r (lemmy.ca)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/apple_enthusiast
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[–] AA5B 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s hard for anyone to help if you don’t give details, but I can only guess …..

The man page describes -r starting

If a file argument is a directory …

So, did you specify a directory?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes I wrote

xattr -cr /Applications/RyuSAK.app

[–] Snickeboa -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then remove the ”r” in ”-cr”? The .app is like a special zip file or something if I remember correctly. Not a directory

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

.app files are directories

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Similar to what the other user mentioned, but slightly different … macOS always had special treatment for .app directories, sometimes giving it special treatments as if it is a file instead of a directory. Does running without the -r bit achieve what you’d want, or you are certain there are files deeper within the directory structure that contains files with extended attributes that you’d want to remove? If there’s specific files inside the structure, are you able to target them individually?