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<H1>REMOVEXATTR</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)<BR>Updated: 2019-03-06<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
removexattr, lremovexattr, fremovexattr - remove an extended attribute
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/sys/types.h">sys/types.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/sys/xattr.h">sys/xattr.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>int removexattr(const char&nbsp;*</B><I>path</I><B>, const char&nbsp;*</B><I>name</I><B>);</B>
<B>int lremovexattr(const char&nbsp;*</B><I>path</I><B>, const char&nbsp;*</B><I>name</I><B>);</B>
<B>int fremovexattr(int </B><I>fd</I><B>, const char&nbsp;*</B><I>name</I><B>);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
Extended attributes are
<I>name</I>:<I>value</I>
pairs associated with inodes (files, directories, symbolic links, etc.).
They are extensions to the normal attributes which are associated
with all inodes in the system (i.e., the
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+stat">stat</A></B>(2)
data).
A complete overview of extended attributes concepts can be found in
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+xattr">xattr</A></B>(7).
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<B>removexattr</B>()
removes the extended attribute identified by
<I>name</I>
and associated with the given
<I>path</I>
in the filesystem.
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<B>lremovexattr</B>()
is identical to
<B>removexattr</B>(),
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.
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<B>fremovexattr</B>()
is identical to
<B>removexattr</B>(),
only the extended attribute is removed from the open file referred to by
<I>fd</I>
(as returned by
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+open">open</A></B>(2))
in place of
<I>path</I>.
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An extended attribute name is a null-terminated string.
The
<I>name</I>
includes a namespace prefix; there may be several, disjoint
namespaces associated with an individual inode.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
On success, zero is returned.
On failure, -1 is returned and
<I>errno</I>
is set appropriately.
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="1"><B>ENODATA</B>
<DD>
The named attribute does not exist.
<DT id="2"><B>ENOTSUP</B>
<DD>
Extended attributes are not supported by the filesystem, or are disabled.
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In addition, the errors documented in
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+stat">stat</A></B>(2)
can also occur.
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<H2>VERSIONS</H2>
These system calls have been available on Linux since kernel 2.4;
glibc support is provided since version 2.3.
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
These system calls are Linux-specific.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+getfattr">getfattr</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+setfattr">setfattr</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+getxattr">getxattr</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+listxattr">listxattr</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+open">open</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+setxattr">setxattr</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+stat">stat</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+symlink">symlink</A></B>(7),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+xattr">xattr</A></B>(7)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
This page is part of release 5.05 of the Linux
<I>man-pages</I>
project.
A description of the project,
information about reporting bugs,
and the latest version of this page,
can be found at
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<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAF">ERRORS</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAG">VERSIONS</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAH">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAJ">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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