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Diffstat (limited to 'man/man2/listxattr.2')
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diff --git a/man/man2/listxattr.2 b/man/man2/listxattr.2 index 3946833..7b70a01 100644 --- a/man/man2/listxattr.2 +++ b/man/man2/listxattr.2 @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ of extended attribute names associated with the given .I path in the filesystem. The list is the set of (NULL-terminated) names, one after the other. +Names of extended attributes to which the calling process does not +have access will be omitted from the list. The length of the attribute name .I list is returned. @@ -70,10 +72,6 @@ An empty buffer of zero can be passed into these calls to return the current size of the list of extended attribute names, which can be used to estimate the size of a buffer which is sufficiently large to hold the list of names. -.PP -The interface is designed to allow guessing of initial buffer -sizes, and to enlarge buffers when the return value indicates -that the buffer provided was too small. .SH EXAMPLES The .I list |