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lgetxattr_query

Function lgetxattr_query 

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pub fn lgetxattr_query<P: Arg, Name: Arg>(path: P, name: Name) -> Result<usize>
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lgetxattr(path, name, NULL, 0)—Query the length of an extended filesystem attribute, without following symlinks in the last path component.

This function uses lgetxattr with no buffer to just return the size of the attribute. This can be used to determine the size of a buffer to allocate for a subsequent call to lgetxattr, however keep in mind that other processes may modify attributes at any time.

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