Standard C Library Functions attropen(3C)
NAME
attropen - open a file
SYNOPSIS
#include
#include
#include
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 attri-
butes:____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Interface Stability | Committed ||_____________________________|_____________________________|
| MT-Level | Safe |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
open(2), attributes(5), fsattr(5)SunOS 5.11 Last change: 1 Aug 2001 1