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 associated with the given path in the
       filesystem.

       lremovexattr is identical to 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.

       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 disabled, 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  development  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).