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@@ -1078,6 +1078,13 @@ will get the ACL info of the original file.
The ACL info is also used to check if a file is read-only (when opening the
file).
+ *xattr* *E1506* *E1507* *E1508* *E1509*
+xattr stands for Extended Attributes It is an advanced way to save metadata
+alongside the file in the filesystem. It depends on the actual filesystem
+being used and Vim supports it only on a Linux system.
+ Vim attempts to preserve the extended attribute info when writing a file.
+The backup file will get the extended attribute of the original file.
+
*read-only-share*
When MS-Windows shares a drive on the network it can be marked as read-only.
This means that even if the file read-only attribute is absent, and the ACL