extended attributes

[Russell Strong <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I've found that when I edit a file with vi or gedit I lose all of the 
user extended attributes associated with that file.  A stat reveals that 
the inode number has changed.  Is this the reason why I'm losing the 
extended attributes?  Is vi and gedit creating a new file?  Is it easy 
to change this behaviour?

thanks,
Russell