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25 .TH REMOVEXATTR 2 2015-05-07 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
27 removexattr, lremovexattr, fremovexattr \- remove an extended attribute
31 .B #include <sys/types.h>
32 .B #include <sys/xattr.h>
34 .BI "int removexattr(const char\ *" path ", const char\ *" name );
35 .BI "int lremovexattr(const char\ *" path ", const char\ *" name );
36 .BI "int fremovexattr(int " fd ", const char\ *" name );
40 Extended attributes are
42 pairs associated with inodes (files, directories, symbolic links, etc.).
43 They are extensions to the normal attributes which are associated
44 with all inodes in the system (i.e., the
47 A complete overview of extended attributes concepts can be found in
51 removes the extended attribute identified by
53 and associated with the given
60 except in the case of a symbolic link, where the extended attribute is
61 removed from the link itself, not the file that it refers to.
66 only the extended attribute is removed from the open file referred to by
73 An extended attribute name is a null-terminated string.
76 includes a namespace prefix; there may be several, disjoint
77 namespaces associated with an individual inode.
79 On success, zero is returned.
80 On failure, \-1 is returned and
86 The named attribute does not exist.
88 is defined to be a synonym for
94 Extended attributes are not supported by the filesystem, or are disabled.
96 In addition, the errors documented in
100 These system calls have been available on Linux since kernel 2.4;
101 glibc support is provided since version 2.3.
103 These system calls are Linux-specific.
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