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.\" Copyright (C) Silicon Graphics Inc, September 2001
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.\" Copyright (C) 2015 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
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.\"
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.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
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.\"
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.TH LISTXATTR 2 2017-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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listxattr, llistxattr, flistxattr \- list extended attribute names
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.fam C
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.nf
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.B #include <sys/types.h>
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.B #include <sys/xattr.h>
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.PP
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.BI "ssize_t listxattr(const char\ *" path ", char\ *" list \
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", size_t " size );
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.BI "ssize_t llistxattr(const char\ *" path ", char\ *" list \
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", size_t " size );
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.BI "ssize_t flistxattr(int " fd ", char\ *" list ", size_t " size );
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.fi
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.fam T
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Extended attributes are
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.IR name : value
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pairs associated with inodes (files, directories, symbolic links, etc.).
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They are extensions to the normal attributes which are associated
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with all inodes in the system (i.e., the
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.BR stat (2)
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data).
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A complete overview of extended attributes concepts can be found in
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.BR xattr (7).
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.PP
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.BR listxattr ()
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retrieves the list
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of extended attribute names associated with the given
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.I path
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in the filesystem.
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The retrieved list is placed in
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.IR list ,
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a caller-allocated buffer whose size (in bytes) is specified in the argument
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.IR size .
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The list is the set of (null-terminated) names, one after the other.
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Names of extended attributes to which the calling process does not
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have access may be omitted from the list.
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The length of the attribute name
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.I list
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is returned.
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.PP
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.BR llistxattr ()
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is identical to
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.BR listxattr (),
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except in the case of a symbolic link, where the list of names of
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extended attributes associated with the link itself is retrieved,
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not the file that it refers to.
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.PP
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.BR flistxattr ()
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is identical to
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.BR listxattr (),
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only the open file referred to by
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.I fd
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(as returned by
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.BR open (2))
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is interrogated in place of
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.IR path .
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.PP
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A single extended attribute
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.I name
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is a null-terminated string.
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The name includes a namespace prefix; there may be several, disjoint
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namespaces associated with an individual inode.
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.PP
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If
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.I size
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is specified as zero, these calls return the current size of the
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list of extended attribute names (and leave
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.I list
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unchanged).
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This can be used to determine the size of the buffer that
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should be supplied in a subsequent call.
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(But, bear in mind that there is a possibility that the
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set of extended attributes may change between the two calls,
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so that it is still necessary to check the return status
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from the second call.)
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.SS Example
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The
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.I list
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of names is returned as an unordered array of null-terminated character
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strings (attribute names are separated by null bytes (\(aq\\0\(aq)), like this:
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.PP
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.in +4n
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.EX
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user.name1\\0system.name1\\0user.name2\\0
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.EE
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.in
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.PP
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Filesystems that implement POSIX ACLs using
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extended attributes might return a
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.I list
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like this:
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.PP
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.in +4n
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.EX
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system.posix_acl_access\\0system.posix_acl_default\\0
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.EE
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.in
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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On success, a nonnegative number is returned indicating the size of the
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extended attribute name list.
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On failure, \-1 is returned and
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.I errno
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is set appropriately.
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.SH ERRORS
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.TP
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.B E2BIG
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The size of the list of extended attribute names is larger than the maximum
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size allowed; the list cannot be retrieved.
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This can happen on filesystems that support an unlimited number of
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extended attributes per file such as XFS, for example.
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See BUGS.
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.TP
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.B ENOTSUP
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Extended attributes are not supported by the filesystem, or are disabled.
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.TP
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.B ERANGE
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The
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.I size
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of the
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.I list
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buffer is too small to hold the result.
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.PP
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In addition, the errors documented in
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.BR stat (2)
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can also occur.
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.SH VERSIONS
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These system calls have been available on Linux since kernel 2.4;
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glibc support is provided since version 2.3.
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.SH CONFORMING TO
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These system calls are Linux-specific.
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.\" .SH AUTHORS
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.\" Andreas Gruenbacher,
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.\" .RI < a.gruenbacher@computer.org >
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.\" and the SGI XFS development team,
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.\" .RI < linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com >.
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.\" Please send any bug reports or comments to these addresses.
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.SH BUGS
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.\" The xattr(7) page refers to this text:
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As noted in
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.BR xattr (7),
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the VFS imposes a limit of 64\ kB on the size of the extended
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attribute name list returned by
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.BR listxattr (7).
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If the total size of attribute names attached to a file exceeds this limit,
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it is no longer possible to retrieve the list of attribute names.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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The following program demonstrates the usage of
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.BR listxattr ()
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and
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.BR getxattr (2).
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For the file whose pathname is provided as a command-line argument,
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it lists all extended file attributes and their values.
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.PP
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To keep the code simple, the program assumes that attribute keys and
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values are constant during the execution of the program.
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A production program should expect and handle changes during
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execution of the program.
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For example,
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the number of bytes required for attribute keys
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might increase between the two calls to
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.BR listxattr ().
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An application could handle this possibility using
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a loop that retries the call
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(perhaps up to a predetermined maximum number of attempts)
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with a larger buffer each time it fails with the error
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.BR ERANGE .
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Calls to
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.BR getxattr (2)
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could be handled similarly.
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.PP
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The following output was recorded by first creating a file, setting
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some extended file attributes,
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and then listing the attributes with the example program.
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.SS Example output
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.in +4n
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.EX
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$ \fBtouch /tmp/foo\fP
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$ \fBsetfattr -n user.fred -v chocolate /tmp/foo\fP
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$ \fBsetfattr -n user.frieda -v bar /tmp/foo\fP
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$ \fBsetfattr -n user.empty /tmp/foo\fP
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$ \fB./listxattr /tmp/foo\fP
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user.fred: chocolate
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user.frieda: bar
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user.empty: <no value>
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.EE
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.in
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.SS Program source (listxattr.c)
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.EX
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#include <malloc.h>
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#include <string.h>
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#include <sys/types.h>
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#include <sys/xattr.h>
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int
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main(int argc, char *argv[])
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{
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ssize_t buflen, keylen, vallen;
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char *buf, *key, *val;
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if (argc != 2) {
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fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s path\\n", argv[0]);
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exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
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}
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/*
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* Determine the length of the buffer needed.
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*/
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buflen = listxattr(argv[1], NULL, 0);
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if (buflen == \-1) {
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perror("listxattr");
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exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
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}
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if (buflen == 0) {
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printf("%s has no attributes.\\n", argv[1]);
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exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
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}
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/*
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* Allocate the buffer.
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*/
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buf = malloc(buflen);
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if (buf == NULL) {
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perror("malloc");
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exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
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}
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/*
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* Copy the list of attribute keys to the buffer.
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*/
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buflen = listxattr(argv[1], buf, buflen);
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if (buflen == \-1) {
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perror("listxattr");
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exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
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}
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/*
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* Loop over the list of zero terminated strings with the
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* attribute keys. Use the remaining buffer length to determine
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* the end of the list.
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*/
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key = buf;
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while (buflen > 0) {
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/*
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* Output attribute key.
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*/
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printf("%s: ", key);
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/*
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* Determine length of the value.
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*/
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vallen = getxattr(argv[1], key, NULL, 0);
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if (vallen == \-1)
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perror("getxattr");
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if (vallen > 0) {
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/*
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* Allocate value buffer.
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* One extra byte is needed to append 0x00.
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*/
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val = malloc(vallen + 1);
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if (val == NULL) {
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perror("malloc");
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exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
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}
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/*
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* Copy value to buffer.
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*/
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vallen = getxattr(argv[1], key, val, vallen);
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if (vallen == \-1)
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else {
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*/
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val[vallen] = 0;
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printf("%s", val);
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free(val);
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} else if (vallen == 0)
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printf("<no value>");
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/*
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* Forward to next attribute key.
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*/
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keylen = strlen(key) + 1;
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}
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free(buf);
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}
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.EE
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR getfattr (1),
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.BR setfattr (1),
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.BR getxattr (2),
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.BR open (2),
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.BR removexattr (2),
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.BR setxattr (2),
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.BR stat (2),
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.BR symlink (7),
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.BR xattr (7)
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.SH COLOPHON
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This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux
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.I man-pages
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project.
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A description of the project,
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information about reporting bugs,
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and the latest version of this page,
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can be found at
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\%https://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.
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