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ACL_ENTRIES(3) | Library Functions Manual | ACL_ENTRIES(3) |
NAME¶
acl_entries
—
return the number of entries in an ACL
LIBRARY¶
Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).
SYNOPSIS¶
#include
<sys/types.h>
#include <acl/libacl.h>
int
acl_entries
(acl_t
acl);
DESCRIPTION¶
The
acl_entries
()
function returns the number of ACL entries that are contained in the ACL
referred to by the argument acl.
RETURN VALUE¶
The acl_entries
() function returns the
number of entries in acl if successful; otherwise the
value -1
is returned and the global variable
errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS¶
If any of the following conditions occur, the
acl_entries
() function returns
-1
and sets errno to the
corresponding value:
- [
EINVAL
] - The argument acl is not a valid pointer to an ACL.
STANDARDS¶
This is a non-portable, Linux specific extension to the ACL manipulation functions defined in IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (“POSIX.1e”, abandoned).
SEE ALSO¶
AUTHOR¶
Written by Andreas Gruenbacher ⟨andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com⟩.
March 23, 2002 | Linux ACL |