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setxattr.2: Minor rewordings 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-01-24 10:33:25 +01:00
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@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ and associated with the given
in the filesystem.
The
.I size
of the
.I value
must be specified.
argument specifies the size (in bytes) of
.IR value .
.PP
.BR lsetxattr ()
is identical to
@ -93,15 +92,16 @@ binary data of specified length.
.PP
The
.I flags
argument can be used to refine the semantics of the operation.
argument can be used to modify the semantics of the operation.
.B XATTR_CREATE
specifies a pure create, which fails if the named
attribute exists already.
.B XATTR_REPLACE
specifies a pure replace operation, which fails if the
named attribute does not already exist.
By default (no flags), the extended attribute will be created if
need be, or will simply replace the value if the attribute exists.
By default (no flags),
the extended attribute will be created if it does not exist,
or the value will be replaced if the attribute already exists.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned.
On failure, \-1 is returned and