ATTRREMOVE(2)                                                  ATTRREMOVE(2)



NAME
     attr_remove, attr_removef - remove a user attribute of a filesystem
     object

C SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/attributes.h>

     int attrremove (const char *path, const char *attrname, int flags);

     int attrremovef (int fd, const char *attrname, int flags);

OVERVIEW
     The attr group of system calls implement the ability for a user to attach
     name/value pairs to objects within the filesystem.

     They could be used to store meta-information about the file.  For example
     "character-set=kanji" could tell a document browser to use the Kanji
     character set when displaying that document and "thumbnail=..." could
     provide a reduced resolution overview of a high resolution graphic image.

     The names can be up to MAXNAMELEN bytes in length, terminated by the
     first 0 byte.  The intent is that they be printable ASCII (or other
     character set) names for the attribute.

     The values can be up to ATTR_MAX_VALUELEN (currently 64KB) of arbitrary
     binary data.

     Attributes can be attached to all types of inodes:  regular files,
     directories, symbolic links, device nodes, etc.

     There are 2 disjoint attribute name spaces associated with every
     filesystem object.  They are the root and user address spaces.  The root
     address space is accessable only to the super-user, and then only by
     specifying a flag argument to the function call.  Other users will not
     see or be able to modify attributes in the root address space.  The user
     address space is protected by the normal file permissions mechanism, so
     the owner of the file can decide who is able to see and/or modify the
     value of attributes on any particular file.

     Attributes are currently supported only in the XFS filesystem type.

DESCRIPTION
     The attr_remove and attr_removef functions provide a way to remove
     previously created attributes from filesystem objects.

     Path points to a path name for a filesystem object, and fd refers to the
     file descriptor associated with a file.  If the attribute attrname
     exists, the attribute name and value will be removed from the fileystem
     object.  The flags argument can contain the following symbols bitwise
     OR'ed together:





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     ATTR_ROOT
          Look for attrname in the root address space, not in the user address
          space.  (limited to use by super-user only)

     ATTR_DONTFOLLOW
          Do not follow symbolic links when resolving a path on an attr_remove
          function call.  The default is to follow symbolic links.

     attr_remove will fail if one or more of the following are true:

     [ENOATTR]        The attribute name given is not associated with the
                      indicated filesystem object.

     [ENOENT]         The named file does not exist.

     [EPERM]          The effective user ID does not match the owner of the
                      file and the effective user ID is not super-user.

     [ENOTDIR]        A component of the path prefix is not a directory.

     [EACCES]         Search permission is denied on a component of the path
                      prefix.

     [EINVAL]         A bit was set in the flag argument that is not defined
                      for this system call.

     [EFAULT]         Path points outside the allocated address space of the
                      process.

     [ELOOP]          A path name lookup involved too many symbolic links.

     [ENAMETOOLONG]   The length of path exceeds {MAXPATHLEN}, or a pathname
                      component is longer than {MAXNAMELEN}.

     attr_removef will fail if:

     [ENOATTR]      The attribute name given is not associated with the
                    indicated filesystem object.

     [EINVAL]       A bit was set in the flag argument that is not defined for
                    this system call, or fd refers to a socket, not a file.

     [EFAULT]       Attrname points outside the allocated address space of the
                    process.

     [EBADF]        Fd does not refer to a valid descriptor.

SEE ALSO
     attr(1),
     attr_get(2), attr_getf(2),
     attr_list(2), attr_listf(2)
     attr_multi(2), attr_multif(2)



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     attr_set(2), attr_setf(2),

DIAGNOSTICS
     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value
     of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.


















































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