acl_entries(3) — Linux manual page

ACL_ENTRIES(3)           Library Functions Manual          ACL_ENTRIES(3)

NAME         top

       acl_entries — return the number of entries in an ACL

LIBRARY         top

       Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).

SYNOPSIS         top

       <sys/types.h> <acl/libacl.h> int acl_entries(acl_t acl)

DESCRIPTION         top

       The acl_entries() function returns the number of ACL entries that
       are contained in the ACL referred to by the argument acl.

RETURN VALUE         top

       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         top

       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         top

       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         top

       acl(5)

AUTHOR         top

       Written by Andreas Gruenbacher .

COLOPHON         top

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Linux ACL                     March 23, 2002               ACL_ENTRIES(3)

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