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filesystem extended attributes limit each limit all filename length path length
ext4 y 4KiB typically 4KiB 255 B -
btrfs y 4KiB 255 B -
xfs y 256B / 64 KiB 255 B -
ntfs f - - 255 B 32767 B
hfs+ y/f 128 / 4KiB 255 UTF-16 -
ufs y 255 B -
zfs y/f? 255 B -
ftp n?
sftp n?
smb y?
webdav n?
S3 i
dropbox y/f - - 260 260
gdrive n
  • y: extended file attributes available
  • n: not available
  • f: resource forks available
  • i: implementation dependent
  • ?: no reliable source found

All entries w/o question mark taken from either wikipedia extended file attributes or comparrison of file systems. Both pages don't have sources for most of the facts.

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