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REMOVEXATTR(2)                Linux Programmer's Manual                REMOVEXATTR(2)

NAME         top

       removexattr, lremovexattr, fremovexattr - remove an extended attribute

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <attr/xattr.h>

       int removexattr(const char *path, const char *name);
       int lremovexattr(const char *path, const char *name);
       int fremovexattr(int fd, const char *name);

DESCRIPTION         top

       Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes (files,
       directories, symbolic links, etc.).  They are extensions to the normal
       attributes which are associated with all inodes in the system (i.e., the
       stat(2) data).  A complete overview of extended attributes concepts can be
       found in attr(5).

       removexattr() removes the extended attribute identified by name and associated
       with the given path in the file system.

       lremovexattr() is identical to removexattr(), except in the case of a symbolic
       link, where the extended attribute is removed from the link itself, not the
       file that it refers to.

       fremovexattr() is identical to removexattr(), only the extended attribute is
       removed from the open file referred to by fd (as returned by open(2)) in place
       of path.

       An extended attribute name is a simple null-terminated string.  The name
       includes a namespace prefix; there may be several, disjoint namespaces
       associated with an individual inode.

RETURN VALUE         top

       On success, zero is returned.  On failure, -1 is returned and errno is set
       appropriately.

       If the named attribute does not exist, errno is set to ENOATTR.

       If extended attributes are not supported by the file system, or are disabled,
       errno is set to ENOTSUP.

       The errors documented for the stat(2) system call are also applicable here.

VERSIONS         top

       These system calls have been available on Linux since kernel 2.4; glibc
       support is provided since version 2.3.

CONFORMING TO         top

       These system calls are Linux-specific.

SEE ALSO         top

       getfattr(1), setfattr(1), getxattr(2), listxattr(2), open(2), setxattr(2),
       stat(2), attr(5), symlink(7)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.32 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found
       at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux                                 2001-12-01                       REMOVEXATTR(2)

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