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REMOVEXATTR(2)			 System calls			REMOVEXATTR(2)

NAME
       removexattr, lremovexattr, fremovexattr - remove an extended attribute

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <attr/xattr.h>

       int removexattr (const char *path, const char *name);
       int lremovexattr (const char *path, const char *name);
       int fremovexattr (int filedes, const char *name);

DESCRIPTION
       Extended attributes are name: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
       stat(2) data).  A complete overview of extended attributes concepts can
       be found in attr(5).

       removexattr removes the extended attribute identified by name and asso‐
       ciated with the given path in the filesystem.

       lremovexattr is identical to removexattr, except in the case of a  sym‐
       bolic  link,  where  the	 extended  attribute  is removed from the link
       itself, not the file that it refers to.

       fremovexattr is identical to removexattr, only the  extended  attribute
       is  removed  from  the  open file pointed to by filedes (as returned by
       open(2)) in place of path.

       An extended attribute name is a	simple	NULL-terminated	 string.   The
       name  includes  a  namespace  prefix  -	there may be several, disjoint
       namespaces associated with an individual inode.

RETURN VALUE
       On success, zero is returned.  On failure, -1 is returned and errno  is
       set appropriately.

       If the named attribute does not exist, errno is set to ENOATTR.

       If extended attributes are not supported by the filesystem, or are dis‐
       abled, errno is set to ENOTSUP.

       The errors documented for the stat(2) system call are  also  applicable
       here.

AUTHORS
       Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at> and the SGI XFS devel‐
       opment team, <linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com>.  Please send any bug  reports  or
       comments to these addresses.

SEE ALSO
       getfattr(1),  setfattr(1),  open(2), stat(2), setxattr(2), getxattr(2),
       listxattr(2), and attr(5).

Dec 2001		      Extended Attributes		REMOVEXATTR(2)
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