FGETATTR(3C)FGETATTR(3C)NAME
fgetattr, fsetattr, getattrat, setattrat - get and set system
attributes
SYNOPSIS
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <attr.h>
#include <sys/nvpair.h>
int fgetattr(int fildes, xattr_view_t view,nvlist_t **response);
int fsetattr(int fildes, xattr_view_t view,nvlist_t *request)
int getattrat(int fildes, xattr_view_t view, const char *filename,
nvlist_t **response);
int setattrat(int fildes, xattr_view_t view, const char *filename,
nvlist_t *request);
DESCRIPTION
The fgetattr() function obtains an nvlist of system attribute informa‐
tion about an open file object specified by the file descriptor fildes,
obtained from a successful open(2), creat(2), dup(2), fcntl(2), or
pipe(2) function.
The getattrat() function first opens the extended attribute file speci‐
fied by filename in the already opened file directory object specified
by fildes. It then retrieves an nvlist of system attributes and their
values from filename.
The response argument is allocated by either fgetattr() or getattrat().
The application must call nvlist_free(3NVPAIR) to deallocate the mem‐
ory.
Upon successful completion, the nvlist will contain one nvpair for each
of the system attributes associated with view. The list of views and
the attributes associated with each view are listed below. Not all
underlying file systems support all views and all attributes. The
nvlist will not contain an nvpair for any attribute not supported by
the underlying filesystem.
The fsetattr() function uses the nvlist pointed to by request to update
one or more of the system attribute's information about an open file
object specified by the file descriptor fildes, obtained from a suc‐
cessful open(), creat(), dup(), fcntl(), or pipe() function. The setat‐
trat() function first opens the extended attribute file specified by
filename in the already opened file directory object specified by
fildes. It then uses the nvlist pointed to by request to update one or
more of the system attributes of filename.
If completion is not successful then no system attribute information is
updated.
The following chart lists the supported views, attributes, and data
types for each view:
View Attribute Data type
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
XATTR_VIEW_READONLY A_FSID uint64_value
A_OPAQUE boolean_value
A_AV_SCANSTAMP uint8_array[]
XATTR_VIEW_READWRITE A_READONLY boolean_value
A_HIDDEN boolean_value
A_SYSTEM boolean_value
A_ARCHIVE boolean_value
A_CRTIME uint64_array[2]
A_NOUNLINK boolean_value
A_IMMUTABLE boolean_value
A_APPENDONLY boolean_value
A_NODUMP boolean_value
A_AV_QUARANTINED boolean_value
A_AV_MODIFIED boolean_value
A_OWNERSID nvlist composed of
uint32_value and
string
A_GROUPSID nvlist composed of
uint32_value and
string
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned
and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The fgetattr(), getattrat(), fsetattr(), and setattrat(), functions
will fail if:
EBADF
The fildes argument is not a valid open file descriptor.
EINVAL
The underlying file system does not support extended file
attributes.
EIO
An error occurred while reading from the file system.
The getattrat() and setattrat() functions will fail if:
EACCES
Search permission or write permission for filename is denied.
ENOENT
The filename argument does not name an existing file in the
extended attribute directory represented by fildes.
EPERM
There are insufficient privileges to manipulate attributes.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Obtain an nvlist of readonly system attributes for an open
file object.
Use fgetattr() to obtain an nvlist of the readonly system attributes
for the open file object represented by file descriptor fildes.
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <attr.h>
#include <sys/nvpair.h>
nvlist_t *response;
nvpair_t *pair = NULL;
if (fgetattr(fildes, XATTR_VIEW_READONLY, &response)) {
exit(1);
}
while (pair = nvlist_next_nvpair(response, pair)) {
.
.
.
}
nvlist_free(response);
Example 2 Set the A_READONLY system attribute on an open file object.
Use fsetattr() to set the A_OPAQUE system attribute on the open file
object represented by file descriptor fildes.
nvlist_t *request;
nvpair_t *pair = NULL;
if (nvlist_alloc(&request, NV_UNIQUE_NAME, 0) != 0) {
exit(1);
}
if (nvlist_add_boolean_value(request, A_READONLY, 1) != 0) {
exit(1);
}
if (fsetattr(fildes, XATTR_VIEW_READWRITE, request)) {
exit(1);
}
Example 3 Obtain an nvlist of the read/write system attributes for a
file.
Use getattrat() to obtain an nvlist of the read/write system attributes
for the file named xattrfile in the extended attribute directory of the
open file represented by file descriptor fildes.
nvlist_t *response;
nvpair_t *pair = NULL;
if (getattrat(fildes, XATTR_VIEW_READWRITE, "file", &response)) {
exit(1);
}
while (pair = nvlist_next_nvpair(response, pair)) {
.
.
.
}
nvlist_free(response);
Example 4 Set the A_APPENDONLY system attribute on a file.
Use setattrat() to set the A_APPENDONLY system attribute on the file
named file in the extended attribute directory of the open file repre‐
sented by file descriptor fildes.
nvlist_t *request;
nvpair_t *pair = NULL;
if (nvlist_alloc(&request, NV_UNIQUE_NAME, 0) != 0) {
exit(1);
}
if (nvlist_add_boolean_value(request, A_APPENDONLY, 1) != 0) {
exit(1);
}
if (setattrat(fildes, XATTR_VIEW_READWRITE, "file", request)) {
exit(1);
}
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Committed │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│MT-Level │ Safe │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
SEE ALSOcreat(2), dup(2), fcntl(2), fstat(2), fstatat(2), open(2), pipe(2),
libnvpair(3LIB), attributes(5), fsattr(5)
Aug 4, 2008 FGETATTR(3C)
