(split) LDP: Update original to LDP v3.50.

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@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-.\"
-.\" Extended attributes system calls manual pages
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) Andreas Gruenbacher, February 2001
 .\" Copyright (C) Silicon Graphics Inc, September 2001
 .\"
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
 .\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or
 .\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 .\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
@@ -20,11 +18,11 @@
 .\" GNU General Public License for more details.
 .\"
 .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-.\" License along with this manual; if not, write to the Free
-.\" Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111,
-.\" USA.
+.\" License along with this manual; if not, see
+.\" <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\"
-.TH SETXATTR 2 2001-12-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SETXATTR 2 2013-01-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 setxattr, lsetxattr, fsetxattr \- set an extended attribute value
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -109,40 +107,41 @@ On success, zero is returned.
 On failure, \-1 is returned and
 .I errno
 is set appropriately.
-.PP
-If
+.SH ERRORS
+.TP
+.B EDQUOT
+Disk quota limits meant that
+there is insufficient space remaining to store the extended attribute.
+.TP
+.B EEXIST
 .B XATTR_CREATE
-is specified, and the attribute exists already,
-.I errno
-is set to
-.BR EEXIST .
-If
+was specified, and the attribute exists already.
+.TP
+.B ENOATTR
 .B XATTR_REPLACE
-is specified, and the attribute does not exist,
-.I errno
-is set to
-.BR ENOATTR .
-.PP
-If there is insufficient space remaining to store the extended attribute,
-.I errno
-is set to either
-.BR ENOSPC ,
-or
-.B EDQUOT
-if quota enforcement was the cause.
-.PP
-If extended attributes are not supported by the file system, or are disabled,
+was specified, and the attribute does not exist.
+.RB ( ENOATTR
+is defined to be a synonym for
+.BR ENODATA
+in
+.IR <attr/xattr.h> .)
+.TP
+.B ENOSPC
+There is insufficient space remaining to store the extended attribute.
+.TP
+.B ENOTSUP
+Extended attributes are not supported by the file system, or are disabled,
 .I errno
 is set to
 .BR ENOTSUP .
 .PP
-The errors documented for the
+In addition, the errors documented in
 .BR stat (2)
-system call are also applicable here.
+can also occur.
 .SH VERSIONS
 These system calls have been available on Linux since kernel 2.4;
 glibc support is provided since version 2.3.
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+.SH CONFORMING TO
 These system calls are Linux-specific.
 .\" .SH AUTHORS
 .\" Andreas Gruenbacher,