attropen(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					      attropen(3C)

NAME

       attropen - open a file

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <sys/stat.h>
       #include <fcntl.h>

       int attropen(const char *path, const char *attrpath, int oflag,
	    /* mode_t mode */...);

DESCRIPTION

       The  attropen()	function  is  similar  to  the	open(2) function except that it takes a second path argument, attrpath, that identifies an
       extended attribute file associated with the first path argument. This function returns a file descriptor for the extended attribute  rather
       than the file named by the initial argument.

       The  O_XATTR flag is set by default for attropen() and the attrpath argument is always interpreted as a reference to an extended attribute.
       Extended attributes must be referenced with a relative path; providing an absolute path results in a normal file reference.

RETURN VALUES

       Refer to open(2).

ERRORS

       Refer to open(2).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       open(2), attributes(5), fsattr(5)

SunOS 5.11							    1 Aug 2001							      attropen(3C)