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I'm interested in getting more information from a file using python.
I know that using os.stat (such as below) returns information on the file, but I'd like to get other attributes from the file such as 'Where from?'
os.stat(filename)
posix.stat_result(st_mode=33184, st_ino=131691855, st_dev=16777220L, st_nlink=1, st_uid=501, st_gid=20, st_size=174241, st_atime=1445046864, st_mtime=1445045836, st_ctime=1445045836)
However, these aren't the attributes I'm interested. I'm interested in getting all of the below attributes (in particular 'Where from')
How can I get the 'Where from' field?
I've tried using os.access, but that doesn't return what I want, and have been searching the documentation on os, so I'm not sure what else I can try.
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Extended attributes are arbitrary metadata stored with a file, but separate from the filesystem attributes (such as modification time or file size). The metadata is often a null-terminated UTF-8 string, but can also be arbitrary binary data. One or more files may be specified on the command line.
To Remove All Extended Attributes On Many FilesOpen Terminal. app and start typing xattr -rc , include a trailing space, and then then drag the file or folder to the Terminal. app window and it will automatically add the full path with proper escaping.
Extended file attributes are file system features that enable users to associate computer files with metadata not interpreted by the filesystem, whereas regular attributes have a purpose strictly defined by the filesystem (such as permissions or records of creation and modification times).
My example:
xattr -lp com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms ~/Projects/apimon/apimon/check/tests/resources/brus-\>lux\ dec\ 28.pdf
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms:
00000000 62 70 6C 69 73 74 30 30 A2 01 02 5F 10 54 68 74 |bplist00..._.Tht|
00000010 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 62 65 2D 69 6E 74 65 72 6E 65 |tps://be-interne|
00000020 74 2E 62 65 6E 65 2D 73 79 73 74 65 6D 2E 63 6F |t.bene-system.co|
00000030 6D 2F 2F 68 70 2F 70 64 66 73 65 72 76 69 63 65 |m//hp/pdfservice|
00000040 3F 70 64 66 3D 4B 4C 57 56 57 4C 47 31 34 34 35 |?pdf=KLWVWLG1445|
00000050 30 31 33 33 39 30 32 33 36 42 53 31 36 39 32 30 |013390236BS1690|
00000060 31 35 50 08 0B 62 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 |15P..b..........|
00000070 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000080 00 00 00 00 00 63 |.....c|
00000086
looks like there is a package called xattr doesnt look bad.. (you need to pip install xattr it)
In [6]: import xattr
In [7]: x = xattr.xattr('/Users/buzzi/Projects/apimon/apimon/check/tests/resources/brus->lux dec 28.pdf')
In [8]: x.items()
Out[8]:
[(u'com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms',
'bplist00\xa2\x01\x02_\x10Thttps://be-internet.bene-system.com//hp/pdfservice?pdf=KLWVWLG1445013390236BS169201P\x08\x0bb\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00c'),
(u'com.apple.quarantine',
'0001;562127d1;Google Chrome;BF24C900-46D5-4F95-9B7B-C36AA6B0ACC7')]
More research lead me to biplist module. (you need to pip install biplist it)
>>> import biplist
>>> biplist.readPlistFromString(x.get('com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms'))
['https://be-internet.bene-system.com//hp/pdfservice?pdf=KLWVWLG1445013390236BS169201',
'']
DONE!
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