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-.TH GETXATTR 2 2014-02-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GETXATTR 2 2014-04-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
getxattr, lgetxattr, fgetxattr \- retrieve an extended attribute value
.SH SYNOPSIS
sizes, and to enlarge buffers when the return value indicates
that the buffer provided was too small.
.SH RETURN VALUE
-On success, a positive number is returned indicating the size of the
+On success, a nonnegative number is returned indicating the size of the
extended attribute value.
On failure, \-1 is returned and
.I errno
.BR stat (2),
.BR attr (5),
.BR symlink (7)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.