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1 /* Copyright (C) 2002-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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15 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
16 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
18 #ifndef _SYS_XATTR_H
19 #define _SYS_XATTR_H 1
21 #include <features.h>
22 #include <sys/types.h>
25 __BEGIN_DECLS
27 /* The following constants should be used for the fifth parameter of
28 `*setxattr'. */
29 #ifndef __USE_KERNEL_XATTR_DEFS
30 enum
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
37 #endif
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
103 __END_DECLS
105 #endif /* sys/xattr.h */