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25 .TH REMOVEXATTR 2 2021-03-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
27 removexattr, lremovexattr, fremovexattr \- remove an extended attribute
31 .B #include <sys/xattr.h>
33 .BI "int removexattr(const char\ *" path ", const char\ *" name );
34 .BI "int lremovexattr(const char\ *" path ", const char\ *" name );
35 .BI "int fremovexattr(int " fd ", const char\ *" name );
39 Extended attributes are
41 pairs associated with inodes (files, directories, symbolic links, etc.).
42 They are extensions to the normal attributes which are associated
43 with all inodes in the system (i.e., the
46 A complete overview of extended attributes concepts can be found in
50 removes the extended attribute identified by
52 and associated with the given
59 except in the case of a symbolic link, where the extended attribute is
60 removed from the link itself, not the file that it refers to.
65 only the extended attribute is removed from the open file referred to by
72 An extended attribute name is a null-terminated string.
75 includes a namespace prefix; there may be several, disjoint
76 namespaces associated with an individual inode.
78 On success, zero is returned.
79 On failure, \-1 is returned and
81 is set to indicate the error.
85 The named attribute does not exist.
87 .\" is defined to be a synonym for
90 .\" .IR <attr/attributes.h> .)
93 Extended attributes are not supported by the filesystem, or are disabled.
95 In addition, the errors documented in
99 These system calls have been available on Linux since kernel 2.4;
100 glibc support is provided since version 2.3.
102 These system calls are Linux-specific.
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