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attropen

Section: Standard C Library Functions (3C)
Updated: 1 Aug 2001
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NAME

attropen - open a file  

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int attropen(const char *path, const char *attrpath, int oflag, /* mode_t mode */...);  

DESCRIPTION

The attropen() function is similar to the open(2) function except that it takes a second path argument, attrpath, that identifies an extended attribute file associated with the first path argument. This function returns a file descriptor for the extended attribute rather than the file named by the initial argument.

The O_XATTR flag is set by default for attropen() and the attrpath argument is always interpreted as a reference to an extended attribute. Extended attributes must be referenced with a relative path; providing an absolute path results in a normal file reference.  

RETURN VALUES

Refer to open(2).  

ERRORS

Refer to open(2).  

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface StabilityEvolving
MT-LevelSafe

 

SEE ALSO

open(2), attributes(5), fsattr(5)


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUES
ERRORS
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO

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