Trouble understanding how to process C string

Question

I\'m trying to use Mac OS X\'s listxattr C function and turn it into something useful in Python. The man page tells me that the function returns a string buffer, which is a \"si

Answer 1

It looks like listxattr returns the size of the buffer it has filled, so you can use that to help you. Here's an idea:

for(int i=0; i

Now, instead of being separated by null characters, the attributes are separated by commas.