src/lib/libc/sys/extattr_get_file.2, branch release/5.4.0

MFC revision 1.16

2005-03-01T16:16:20Z

date: 2005/02/24 00:04:45; author: csjp; state: Exp; lines: +3 -1 -document the fact that extattr_get_* can fail if the requested attribute does not exist on the file. -bump document date

Fix the NAME section making whatis(1) happy in particular.

2004-07-05T17:12:53Z

Document the new explicit listing API for extended attributes; note

2003-06-04T04:00:26Z

that the old API (passing "" as the attribute name to the _get_ interface) is now deprecated (and was probably a bad idea). Pointed out by: Dominic Giampaolo Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project Sponsored by: DARPA, Network Associates Laboratories

mdoc(7) police: "The .Fa argument.".

2002-12-19T09:40:28Z

mdoc(7) police: Tidy up the syscall language.

2002-12-18T09:22:32Z

Stop calling system calls "function calls". Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility". When referring to a non-BSD implementation in the HISTORY section, call syscall a function, to be safe.

Uniformly refer to a file system as "file system".

2002-12-12T17:26:04Z

Approved by: re

Add brief mention of the extattr_*_link() system call variants.

2002-10-09T22:26:48Z

Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project Sponsored by: DARPA, Network Associates Laboratories

mdoc(7) police: punctuation nit.

2002-03-15T17:57:41Z

Part III: Update extended attribute system call interface documentation.

2002-02-10T04:46:28Z

Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project Sponsored by: DARPA, NAI Labs

Fixed missing include in synopsis.

2001-10-03T00:51:30Z