debian man page for af_note

af_note(3)						    Attribute Filesystem (AtFS) 						af_note(3)

NAME
       af_note - read and modify note attribute

SYNOPSIS
       #include <atfs.h>

       in     af_snote (Af_key *aso, char *buf)

       char  *af_rnote (Af_key *aso)

DESCRIPTION
       af_snote  sets  the  given  text (in buf) as change note of the specified ASO. Text must be null terminated.  af_snote requires a lock (see
       af_lock(3)) set on the specified ASO.

       Af_rnote returns a pointer to the note attribute of the specified ASO. The note text is returned in memory  allocated  by  malloc(3).   Use
       free(3) to make the space available for further allocation.

SEE ALSO
       af_lock(3), free(3)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Upon error, -1 or a nil pointer (depending on the return type) is returned and af_errno is set to the corresponding error number.

AtFS-1.71						     Fri Jun 25 14:33:14 1993							af_note(3)