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.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
.\"
-.TH getxattr 2 2022-12-04 "Linux man-pages 6.03"
+.TH getxattr 2 2023-07-28 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
.SH NAME
getxattr, lgetxattr, fgetxattr \- retrieve an extended attribute value
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ Standard C library
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Extended attributes are
-.IR name :\c
-.I value
+.IR name : value
pairs associated with inodes (files, directories, symbolic links, etc.).
They are extensions to the normal attributes which are associated
with all inodes in the system (i.e., the
@@ -118,11 +117,11 @@ buffer is too small to hold the result.
In addition, the errors documented in
.BR stat (2)
can also occur.
-.SH VERSIONS
-These system calls have been available since Linux 2.4;
-glibc support is provided since glibc 2.3.
.SH STANDARDS
-These system calls are Linux-specific.
+Linux.
+.SH HISTORY
+Linux 2.4,
+glibc 2.3.
.\" .SH AUTHORS
.\" Andreas Gruenbacher,
.\" .RI < a.gruenbacher@computer.org >