misc/sys/xattr.h

   1 /* Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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   3
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  15    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
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  17
  18 #ifndef _SYS_XATTR_H
  19 #define _SYS_XATTR_H    1
  20
  21 #include <features.h>
  22 #include <sys/types.h>
  23
  24
  25 __BEGIN_DECLS
  26
  27 /* The following constants should be used for the fifth parameter of
  28    `*setxattr'.  */
  29 #ifndef __USE_KERNEL_XATTR_DEFS
  30 enum
  31 {
  32   XATTR_CREATE = 1,     /* set value, fail if attr already exists.  */
  33 #define XATTR_CREATE    XATTR_CREATE
  34   XATTR_REPLACE = 2     /* set value, fail if attr does not exist.  */
  35 #define XATTR_REPLACE   XATTR_REPLACE
  36 };
  37 #endif
  38
  39 /* Set the attribute NAME of the file pointed to by PATH to VALUE (which
  40    is SIZE bytes long).  Return 0 on success, -1 for errors.  */
  41 extern int setxattr (const char *__path, const char *__name,
  42                      const void *__value, size_t __size, int __flags)
  43         __THROW;
  44
  45 /* Set the attribute NAME of the file pointed to by PATH to VALUE (which is
  46    SIZE bytes long), not following symlinks for the last pathname component.
  47    Return 0 on success, -1 for errors.  */
  48 extern int lsetxattr (const char *__path, const char *__name,
  49                       const void *__value, size_t __size, int __flags)
  50         __THROW;
  51
  52 /* Set the attribute NAME of the file descriptor FD to VALUE (which is SIZE
  53    bytes long).  Return 0 on success, -1 for errors.  */
  54 extern int fsetxattr (int __fd, const char *__name, const void *__value,
  55                       size_t __size, int __flags) __THROW;
  56
  57 /* Get the attribute NAME of the file pointed to by PATH to VALUE (which is
  58    SIZE bytes long).  Return 0 on success, -1 for errors.  */
  59 extern ssize_t getxattr (const char *__path, const char *__name,
  60                          void *__value, size_t __size) __THROW;
  61
  62 /* Get the attribute NAME of the file pointed to by PATH to VALUE (which is
  63    SIZE bytes long), not following symlinks for the last pathname component.
  64    Return 0 on success, -1 for errors.  */
  65 extern ssize_t lgetxattr (const char *__path, const char *__name,
  66                           void *__value, size_t __size) __THROW;
  67
  68 /* Get the attribute NAME of the file descriptor FD to VALUE (which is SIZE
  69    bytes long).  Return 0 on success, -1 for errors.  */
  70 extern ssize_t fgetxattr (int __fd, const char *__name, void *__value,
  71                           size_t __size) __THROW;
  72
  73 /* List attributes of the file pointed to by PATH into the user-supplied
  74    buffer LIST (which is SIZE bytes big).  Return 0 on success, -1 for
  75    errors.  */
  76 extern ssize_t listxattr (const char *__path, char *__list, size_t __size)
  77         __THROW;
  78
  79 /* List attributes of the file pointed to by PATH into the user-supplied
  80    buffer LIST (which is SIZE bytes big), not following symlinks for the
  81    last pathname component.  Return 0 on success, -1 for errors.  */
  82 extern ssize_t llistxattr (const char *__path, char *__list, size_t __size)
  83         __THROW;
  84
  85 /* List attributes of the file descriptor FD into the user-supplied buffer
  86    LIST (which is SIZE bytes big).  Return 0 on success, -1 for errors.  */
  87 extern ssize_t flistxattr (int __fd, char *__list, size_t __size)
  88         __THROW;
  89
  90 /* Remove the attribute NAME from the file pointed to by PATH.  Return 0
  91    on success, -1 for errors.  */
  92 extern int removexattr (const char *__path, const char *__name) __THROW;
  93
  94 /* Remove the attribute NAME from the file pointed to by PATH, not
  95    following symlinks for the last pathname component.  Return 0 on
  96    success, -1 for errors.  */
  97 extern int lremovexattr (const char *__path, const char *__name) __THROW;
  98
  99 /* Remove the attribute NAME from the file descriptor FD.  Return 0 on
 100    success, -1 for errors.  */
 101 extern int fremovexattr (int __fd, const char *__name) __THROW;
 102
 103 __END_DECLS
 104
 105 #endif  /* sys/xattr.h  */