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diff --git a/man/man2/removexattr.2 b/man/man2/removexattr.2 deleted file mode 100644 index 2c7d934..0000000 --- a/man/man2/removexattr.2 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,111 +0,0 @@ -.\" -.\" Extended attributes system calls manual pages -.\" -.\" (C) Andreas Gruenbacher, February 2001 -.\" (C) Silicon Graphics Inc, September 2001 -.\" -.\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or -.\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as -.\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of -.\" the License, or (at your option) any later version. -.\" -.\" The GNU General Public License's references to "object code" -.\" and "executables" are to be interpreted as the output of any -.\" document formatting or typesetting system, including -.\" intermediate and printed output. -.\" -.\" This manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, -.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the -.\" GNU General Public License for more details. -.\" -.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public -.\" License along with this manual. If not, see -.\" <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. -.\" -.TH REMOVEXATTR 2 "Extended Attributes" "Dec 2001" "System calls" -.SH NAME -removexattr, lremovexattr, fremovexattr \- remove an extended attribute -.SH SYNOPSIS -.fam C -.nf -.B #include <sys/types.h> -.B #include <attr/xattr.h> -.sp -.BI "int removexattr (const char\ *" path ", const char\ *" name ); -.BI "int lremovexattr (const char\ *" path ", const char\ *" name ); -.BI "int fremovexattr (int " filedes ", const char\ *" name ); -.fi -.fam T -.SH DESCRIPTION -Extended attributes are -.IR name :\c -value pairs associated with inodes (files, directories, symlinks, etc). -They are extensions to the normal attributes which are associated -with all inodes in the system (i.e. the -.BR stat (2) -data). -A complete overview of extended attributes concepts can be found in -.BR attr (5). -.PP -.B removexattr -removes the extended attribute identified by -.I name -and associated with the given -.I path -in the filesystem. -.PP -.B lremovexattr -is identical to -.BR 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. -.PP -.B fremovexattr -is identical to -.BR removexattr , -only the extended attribute is removed from the open file pointed to by -.I filedes -(as returned by -.BR open (2)) -in place of -.IR path . -.PP -An extended attribute name is a simple NULL-terminated string. -The -.I name -includes a namespace prefix \- there may be several, disjoint -namespaces associated with an individual inode. -.SH RETURN VALUE -On success, zero is returned. -On failure, \-1 is returned and -.I errno -is set appropriately. -.PP -If the named attribute does not exist, -.I errno -is set to ENOATTR. -.PP -If extended attributes are not supported by the filesystem, or are disabled, -.I errno -is set to ENOTSUP. -.PP -The errors documented for the -.BR stat (2) -system call are also applicable here. -.SH AUTHORS -Andreas Gruenbacher, -.RI < a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at > -and the SGI XFS development team, -.RI < linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com >. -Please send any bug reports or comments to these addresses. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR getfattr (1), -.BR setfattr (1), -.BR open (2), -.BR stat (2), -.BR setxattr (2), -.BR getxattr (2), -.BR listxattr (2), -and -.BR attr (5). |