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1 | .\" Copyright (C) Andreas Gruenbacher, February 2001 |
2 | .\" Copyright (C) Silicon Graphics Inc, September 2001 | |
636a3877 | 3 | .\" Copyright (C) 2015 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> |
fea681da | 4 | .\" |
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6a8d8745 | 24 | .\" %%%LICENSE_END |
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67d2c687 | 26 | .TH LISTXATTR 2 2015-05-07 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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27 | .SH NAME |
28 | listxattr, llistxattr, flistxattr \- list extended attribute names | |
29 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
30 | .fam C | |
31 | .nf | |
32 | .B #include <sys/types.h> | |
4f72d935 | 33 | .B #include <sys/xattr.h> |
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35 | .BI "ssize_t listxattr(const char\ *" path ", char\ *" list \ |
36 | ", size_t " size ); | |
37 | .BI "ssize_t llistxattr(const char\ *" path ", char\ *" list \ | |
38 | ", size_t " size ); | |
d3b03141 | 39 | .BI "ssize_t flistxattr(int " fd ", char\ *" list ", size_t " size ); |
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40 | .fi |
41 | .fam T | |
42 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
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43 | Extended attributes are |
44 | .IR name : value | |
0967c11f | 45 | pairs associated with inodes (files, directories, symbolic links, etc.). |
fea681da | 46 | They are extensions to the normal attributes which are associated |
75b94dc3 | 47 | with all inodes in the system (i.e., the |
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48 | .BR stat (2) |
49 | data). | |
50 | A complete overview of extended attributes concepts can be found in | |
89fabe2e | 51 | .BR xattr (7). |
fea681da | 52 | .PP |
e511ffb6 | 53 | .BR listxattr () |
cc66e8b4 | 54 | retrieves the list |
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55 | of extended attribute names associated with the given |
56 | .I path | |
9ee4a2b6 | 57 | in the filesystem. |
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58 | The retrieved list is placed in |
59 | .IR list , | |
60 | a caller-allocated buffer whose size (in bytes) is specified in the argument | |
61 | .IR size . | |
836f07c1 | 62 | The list is the set of (null-terminated) names, one after the other. |
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63 | Names of extended attributes to which the calling process does not |
64 | have access may be omitted from the list. | |
65 | The length of the attribute name | |
66 | .I list | |
67 | is returned. | |
68 | .PP | |
e511ffb6 | 69 | .BR llistxattr () |
c13182ef | 70 | is identical to |
e511ffb6 | 71 | .BR listxattr (), |
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72 | except in the case of a symbolic link, where the list of names of |
73 | extended attributes associated with the link itself is retrieved, | |
74 | not the file that it refers to. | |
75 | .PP | |
e511ffb6 | 76 | .BR flistxattr () |
fea681da | 77 | is identical to |
e511ffb6 | 78 | .BR listxattr (), |
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79 | only the open file referred to by |
80 | .I fd | |
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81 | (as returned by |
82 | .BR open (2)) | |
83 | is interrogated in place of | |
84 | .IR path . | |
85 | .PP | |
86 | A single extended attribute | |
87 | .I name | |
f1ec5ad1 | 88 | is a null-terminated string. |
df8a3cac | 89 | The name includes a namespace prefix; there may be several, disjoint |
fea681da | 90 | namespaces associated with an individual inode. |
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91 | |
92 | If | |
fea681da | 93 | .I size |
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94 | is specified as zero, these calls return the current size of the |
95 | list of extended attribute names (and leave | |
96 | .I list | |
97 | unchanged). | |
98 | This can be used to determine the size of the buffer that | |
99 | should be supplied in a subsequent call. | |
100 | (But, bear in mind that there is a possibility that the | |
101 | set of extended attributes may change between the two calls, | |
102 | so that it is still necessary to check the return status | |
103 | from the second call.) | |
2b2581ee | 104 | .SS Example |
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105 | The |
106 | .I list | |
836f07c1 | 107 | of names is returned as an unordered array of null-terminated character |
f81fb444 | 108 | strings (attribute names are separated by null bytes (\(aq\\0\(aq)), like this: |
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109 | .fam C |
110 | .RS | |
111 | .nf | |
3fdbf2a2 | 112 | |
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113 | user.name1\\0system.name1\\0user.name2\\0 |
114 | .fi | |
115 | .RE | |
116 | .fam T | |
117 | .P | |
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118 | Filesystems that implement POSIX ACLs using |
119 | extended attributes might return a | |
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120 | .I list |
121 | like this: | |
122 | .fam C | |
123 | .RS | |
124 | .nf | |
3fdbf2a2 | 125 | |
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126 | system.posix_acl_access\\0system.posix_acl_default\\0 |
127 | .fi | |
128 | .RE | |
129 | .fam T | |
130 | .SH RETURN VALUE | |
2507f0aa | 131 | On success, a nonnegative number is returned indicating the size of the |
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132 | extended attribute name list. |
133 | On failure, \-1 is returned and | |
134 | .I errno | |
135 | is set appropriately. | |
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136 | .SH ERRORS |
137 | .TP | |
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138 | .B E2BIG |
139 | The size of the list of attribute names for this file exceeds | |
140 | the system-imposed limit. | |
7353fc54 | 141 | See BUGS. |
92b1a2cc | 142 | .TP |
92d67001 | 143 | .B ENOTSUP |
9ee4a2b6 | 144 | Extended attributes are not supported by the filesystem, or are disabled. |
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145 | .TP |
146 | .B ERANGE | |
147 | The | |
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148 | .I size |
149 | of the | |
150 | .I list | |
92d67001 | 151 | buffer is too small to hold the result. |
fea681da | 152 | .PP |
92d67001 | 153 | In addition, the errors documented in |
fea681da | 154 | .BR stat (2) |
92d67001 | 155 | can also occur. |
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156 | .SH VERSIONS |
157 | These system calls have been available on Linux since kernel 2.4; | |
158 | glibc support is provided since version 2.3. | |
47297adb | 159 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
8382f16d | 160 | These system calls are Linux-specific. |
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161 | .\" .SH AUTHORS |
162 | .\" Andreas Gruenbacher, | |
163 | .\" .RI < a.gruenbacher@computer.org > | |
164 | .\" and the SGI XFS development team, | |
165 | .\" .RI < linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com >. | |
166 | .\" Please send any bug reports or comments to these addresses. | |
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167 | .SH EXAMPLE |
168 | The following program demonstrates the usage of | |
169 | .BR listxattr () | |
170 | and | |
171 | .BR getxattr (2). | |
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172 | For the file whose pathname is provided as a command-line argument, |
173 | it lists all extended file attributes and their values. | |
636a3877 | 174 | |
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175 | To keep the code simple, the program assumes that attribute keys and |
176 | values are constant during the execution of the program. | |
177 | A production program should expect and handle changes during | |
178 | execution of the program. | |
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179 | For example, |
180 | the number of bytes required for attribute keys | |
181 | might increase between the two calls to | |
182 | .BR listxattr (). | |
183 | An application could handle this possibility using | |
184 | a loop that retries the call | |
185 | (perhaps up to a predetermined maximum number of attempts) | |
186 | with a larger buffer each time it fails with the error | |
187 | .BR ERANGE . | |
188 | Calls to | |
189 | .BR getxattr (2) | |
190 | could be handled similarly. | |
636a3877 | 191 | |
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192 | The following output was recorded by first creating a file, setting |
193 | some extended file attributes, | |
194 | and then listing the attributes with the example program. | |
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195 | .SS Example output |
196 | .in +4n | |
197 | .nf | |
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198 | $ \fBtouch /tmp/foo\fP |
199 | $ \fBsetfattr -n user.fred -v chocolate /tmp/foo\fP | |
200 | $ \fBsetfattr -n user.frieda -v bar /tmp/foo\fP | |
201 | $ \fBsetfattr -n user.empty /tmp/foo\fP | |
202 | $ \fB./listxattr /tmp/foo\fP | |
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203 | user.fred: chocolate |
204 | user.frieda: bar | |
205 | user.empty: <no value> | |
206 | .fi | |
207 | .in | |
9c321ba2 | 208 | .SS Program source (listxattr.c) |
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209 | .nf |
210 | #include <malloc.h> | |
211 | #include <stdio.h> | |
212 | #include <stdlib.h> | |
213 | #include <string.h> | |
214 | #include <sys/types.h> | |
215 | #include <sys/xattr.h> | |
216 | ||
217 | int | |
218 | main(int argc, char *argv[]) | |
219 | { | |
220 | ssize_t buflen, keylen, vallen; | |
221 | char *buf, *key, *val; | |
222 | ||
223 | if (argc != 2) { | |
224 | fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s path\\n", argv[0]); | |
225 | exit(EXIT_FAILURE); | |
226 | } | |
227 | ||
228 | /* | |
229 | * Determine the length of the buffer needed. | |
230 | */ | |
231 | buflen = listxattr(argv[1], NULL, 0); | |
232 | if (buflen == \-1) { | |
233 | perror("listxattr"); | |
234 | exit(EXIT_FAILURE); | |
235 | } | |
236 | if (buflen == 0) { | |
9c321ba2 | 237 | printf("%s has no attributes.\\n", argv[1]); |
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238 | exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); |
239 | } | |
240 | ||
241 | /* | |
242 | * Allocate the buffer. | |
243 | */ | |
244 | buf = malloc(buflen); | |
245 | if (buf == NULL) { | |
246 | perror("malloc"); | |
247 | exit(EXIT_FAILURE); | |
248 | } | |
249 | ||
250 | /* | |
251 | * Copy the list of attribute keys to the buffer. | |
252 | */ | |
253 | buflen = listxattr(argv[1], buf, buflen); | |
254 | if (buflen == \-1) { | |
255 | perror("listxattr"); | |
256 | exit(EXIT_FAILURE); | |
257 | } | |
258 | ||
259 | /* | |
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260 | * Loop over the list of zero terminated strings with the |
261 | * attribute keys. Use the remaining buffer length to determine | |
262 | * the end of the list. | |
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263 | */ |
264 | key = buf; | |
265 | while (buflen > 0) { | |
266 | ||
267 | /* | |
268 | * Output attribute key. | |
269 | */ | |
270 | printf("%s: ", key); | |
271 | ||
272 | /* | |
273 | * Determine length of the value. | |
274 | */ | |
275 | vallen = getxattr(argv[1], key, NULL, 0); | |
276 | if (vallen == \-1) | |
277 | perror("getxattr"); | |
278 | ||
279 | if (vallen > 0) { | |
280 | ||
281 | /* | |
282 | * Allocate value buffer. | |
283 | * One extra byte is needed to append 0x00. | |
284 | */ | |
285 | val = malloc(vallen + 1); | |
286 | if (val == NULL) { | |
287 | perror("malloc"); | |
288 | exit(EXIT_FAILURE); | |
289 | } | |
290 | ||
291 | /* | |
292 | * Copy value to buffer. | |
293 | */ | |
294 | vallen = getxattr(argv[1], key, val, vallen); | |
295 | if (vallen == \-1) | |
296 | perror("getxattr"); | |
297 | else { | |
298 | /* | |
299 | * Output attribute value. | |
300 | */ | |
301 | val[vallen] = 0; | |
302 | printf("%s", val); | |
303 | } | |
304 | ||
305 | free(val); | |
306 | } else if (vallen == 0) | |
307 | printf("<no value>"); | |
308 | ||
309 | printf("\\n"); | |
310 | ||
311 | /* | |
312 | * Forward to next attribute key. | |
313 | */ | |
314 | keylen = strlen(key) + 1; | |
315 | buflen \-= keylen; | |
316 | key += keylen; | |
317 | } | |
318 | ||
319 | free(buf); | |
320 | exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); | |
321 | } | |
322 | .fi | |
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323 | .SH BUGS |
324 | .\" The xattr(7) page refers to this text: | |
325 | As noted in | |
326 | .BR xattr (7), | |
327 | the VFS imposes a limit of 64 kB on the size of the extended | |
328 | attribute name list returned by | |
329 | .BR listxattr (7). | |
330 | If the total size of attribute names attached to a file exceeds this limit, | |
331 | it is no longer possible to retrieve the list of attribute names. | |
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332 | .SH SEE ALSO |
333 | .BR getfattr (1), | |
334 | .BR setfattr (1), | |
335 | .BR getxattr (2), | |
336 | .BR open (2), | |
337 | .BR removexattr (2), | |
338 | .BR setxattr (2), | |
339 | .BR stat (2), | |
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340 | .BR symlink (7), |
341 | .BR xattr (7) |