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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)





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