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A manual page for the extattr_get_file, extattr_set_file, and
extattr_delete_file system calls. Reviewed by: rwatson, ru Approved by: nik
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.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd March 28, 2001
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.Dt EXTATTR_GET_FILE 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm extattr_get_file ,
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.Nm extattr_set_file ,
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.Nm extattr_delete_file
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.Nd manipulate VFS extended attributes
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/uio.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/extattr.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn extattr_get_file "const char *path" "int attrnamespace" "const char *attrname" "struct iovec *iovp" "unsigned iovcnt"
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.Ft int
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.Fn extattr_set_file "const char *path" "int attrnamespace" "const char *attrname" "struct iovec *iovp" "unsigned iovcnt"
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.Ft int
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.Fn extattr_delete_file "const char *path" "int attrnamespace" "const char *attrname"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Named extended attributes are meta-data associated with vnodes
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representing files and directories.
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They exist as
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.Qq Li name=value
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pairs within a set of namespaces.
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The
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.Fn extattr_get_file
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call retrieves the value of the specified extended attribute into
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.Fa iovp .
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The
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.Fn extattr_set_file
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call sets the value of the specified extended attribute to the data
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described by
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.Fa iovp .
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The
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.Fn extattr_delete_file
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call deletes the extended attribute specified.
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The
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.Fn extattr_get_file
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and
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.Fn extattr_set_file
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calls consume the
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.Fa iovp
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and
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.Fa iovcnt
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arguments in the style of
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.Xr readv 2
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and
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.Xr writev 2 ,
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respectively.
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.Pp
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The following arguments are common to the three system calls:
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.Bl -tag -width attrnamespace
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.It Fa path
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path name to the file or directory associated with the extended
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attribute
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.It Fa attrnamespace
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the namespace in which the extended attribute resides; see
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.Xr extattr 9
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.It Fa attrname
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the name of the extended attribute
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.El
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.Pp
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Named extended attribute semantics vary by filesystem implementing the call.
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Not all operations may be supported for a particular attribute.
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Additionally, the format of the data in
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.Fa iovp
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is attribute-specific.
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.Pp
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For more information on named extended attributes, please see
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.Xr extattr 9 .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If successful, the
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.Fn extattr_get_file
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and
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.Fn extattr_set_file
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calls return the number of bytes
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that were read or written from the
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.Fa iovp ,
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respectively.
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The
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.Fn extattr_delete_file
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call returns 0 on success.
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If any of the calls are unsuccessful, the value \-1 is returned
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and the global variable
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The following errors may be returned by the system calls themselves.
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Additionally, the filesystem implementing the call may return any
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other errors it desires.
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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.Fa attrnamespace ,
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.Fa attrname ,
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or
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.Fa iovp
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point outside the process's allocated address space.
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.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
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The attribute name was longer than
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.Dv EXTATTR_MAXNAMELEN .
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.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
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A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
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.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
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A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters,
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or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
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.It Bq Er ENOENT
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A component of the path name that must exist does not exist.
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.It Bq Er EACCES
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Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
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.\" XXX are any missing?
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getextattr 8 ,
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.Xr setextattr 8 ,
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.Xr extattr 9 ,
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.Xr VOP_GETEXTATTR 9 ,
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.Xr VOP_SETEXTATTR 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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Extended attribute support was developed as part of the
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.Tn TrustedBSD
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Project, and introduced in
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.Fx 5.0 .
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It was developed to support security extensions requiring additional labels
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to be associated with each file or directory.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This manual page was written by
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.An Dima Dorfman Aq dima@unixfreak.org .
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