directories in the file system. They are stored as name:data pairs
associated with file system objects (files, directories, symlinks, etc).
.Pp
-.Fn Removexattr
+.Fn removexattr
deletes the extended attribute
.Fa name
associated with
if it is a symbolic link. With this option,
.Fn removexattr
will act on the link itself.
+.It Dv XATTR_SHOWCOMPRESSION
+.Fn removexattr
+and
+.Fn fremovexattr
+will remove HFS Plus Compression extended attribute
+.Fa name
+(if present) for the file referred to by
+.Fa path
+or
+.Fa fd .
.El
.Pp
.Fn fremovexattr