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.Dd September 24, 2024
.Dt DOUBLEAGENTD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm doubleagentd
.Nd A daemon for parsing AppleDouble files in userspace
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
takes no arguments, and users should not launch it manually.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
receives requests from the kernel to parse AppleDouble files
.Pq and modify them, if needed .
AppleDouble files are used by file systems which do not natively
support extended attributes, such as the MS-DOS and ExFAT file
systems.
.Pp
.Nm
is launched automatically by
.Xr launchd 8
when the kernel needs to access an AppleDouble file that contains
extended attributes for a base file.
.Sh FILES
.Pa /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.doubleagentd.plist