(split) LDP: Update original to LDP v3.51.

[linuxjm/LDP_man-pages.git] / original / man2 / listxattr.2

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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .\" %%%LICENSE_END
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-.TH LISTXATTR 2 2013-01-27 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH LISTXATTR 2 2013-04-09 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 listxattr, llistxattr, flistxattr \- list extended attribute names
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -49,11 +49,14 @@ A complete overview of extended attributes concepts can be found in
 .BR attr (5).
 .PP
 .BR listxattr ()
-retrieves the
-.I list
+retrieves the list
 of extended attribute names associated with the given
 .I path
 in the file system.
+The retrieved list is placed in
+.IR list ,
+a caller-allocated buffer whose size (in bytes) is specified in the argument
+.IR size .
 The list is the set of (null-terminated) names, one after the other.
 Names of extended attributes to which the calling process does not
 have access may be omitted from the list.