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Author: Andreas Lampen (Andreas.Lampen@cs.tu-berlin.de)

$Header: af_note.3[7.0] Fri Jun 25 14:33:14 1993 andy@cs.tu-berlin.de frozen $
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.TH af_note 3 "Fri Jun 25 14:33:14 1993" "AtFS-1.71" "Attribute Filesystem (AtFS)"
.SH NAME
af_note \- read and modify note attribute
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <atfs.h>
.sp
.ta 1.5c
in	 af_snote (Af_key *aso, char *buf)
.sp
char	*af_rnote (Af_key *aso)
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIaf_snote\fP sets the given text (in \fIbuf\fP) 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.
.LP
\fIAf_rnote\fP 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.
.SH SEE ALSO
af_lock(3), free(3)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Upon error, \-1 or a nil pointer (depending on the return type) is returned
and \fIaf_errno\fP is set to the corresponding error number.