[downloader/http] Use write_xattr function for --xattr-set-filesize

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / __init__.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 1cf3140a038cdcc27737c6ae018cb0db3eb9014b..72141b983d6ec1c62f58eff3920d80e77a9eee39 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -283,12 +283,6 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
             'key': 'ExecAfterDownload',
             'exec_cmd': opts.exec_cmd,
         })
-    if opts.xattr_set_filesize:
-        try:
-            import xattr
-            xattr  # Confuse flake8
-        except ImportError:
-            parser.error('setting filesize xattr requested but python-xattr is not available')
     external_downloader_args = None
     if opts.external_downloader_args:
         external_downloader_args = compat_shlex_split(opts.external_downloader_args)