UNDELETE(2) System Calls Manual UNDELETE(2)

NAME

undeleteremove whiteout

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int
undelete(const char *path);

DESCRIPTION

Currently undelete works only when the named object is a whiteout in a union filesystem. The system call removes the whiteout causing any objects in a lower layer of the union stack to become visible once more.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The undelete() succeeds unless:
[EACCES]
Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix, or write permission is denied on the directory containing the name to be undeleted.
[EEXIST]
The path does not reference a whiteout.
[EFAULT]
path points outside the process's allocated address space.
[EINVAL]
The pathname contains a character with the high-order bit set.
[EIO]
An I/O error occurred while updating the directory entry.
[ELOOP]
Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
[ENAMETOOLONG]
A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
[ENOENT]
The named whiteout does not exist.
[ENOTDIR]
A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
[EPERM]
The directory containing the name is marked sticky, and the containing directory is not owned by the effective user ID.
[EROFS]
The name resides on a read-only file system.

SEE ALSO

unlink(2), mount_union(8)

HISTORY

An undelete function call first appeared in 4.4BSD--Lite.
November 28, 2008 NetBSD 6.1