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27 .TH REMOVEXATTR 2 2001-12-01 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
29 removexattr, lremovexattr, fremovexattr \- remove an extended attribute
33 .B #include <sys/types.h>
34 .B #include <attr/xattr.h>
36 .BI "int removexattr(const char\ *" path ", const char\ *" name );
37 .BI "int lremovexattr(const char\ *" path ", const char\ *" name );
38 .BI "int fremovexattr(int " filedes ", const char\ *" name );
42 Extended attributes are
44 value pairs associated with inodes (files, directories, symbolic links, etc).
45 They are extensions to the normal attributes which are associated
46 with all inodes in the system (i.e., the
49 A complete overview of extended attributes concepts can be found in
53 removes the extended attribute identified by
55 and associated with the given
62 except in the case of a symbolic link, where the extended attribute is
63 removed from the link itself, not the file that it refers to.
68 only the extended attribute is removed from the open file pointed to by
75 An extended attribute name is a simple null-terminated string.
78 includes a namespace prefix; there may be several, disjoint
79 namespaces associated with an individual inode.
81 On success, zero is returned.
82 On failure, \-1 is returned and
86 If the named attribute does not exist,
90 If extended attributes are not supported by the filesystem, or are disabled,
94 The errors documented for the
96 system call are also applicable here.
98 These system calls have been available on Linux since kernel 2.4;
99 glibc support is provided since version 2.3.
101 These system calls are Linux specific.
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