acl_copy_entry(3) — Linux manual page
ACL_COPY_ENTRY(3) Library Functions Manual ACL_COPY_ENTRY(3)
NAME
acl_copy_entry — copy an ACL entry
LIBRARY
Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).
SYNOPSIS
<sys/types.h> <sys/acl.h> int acl_copy_entry(acl_entry_t dest_d,
acl_entry_t src_d)
DESCRIPTION
The acl_copy_entry() function copies the contents of the ACL
entry indicated by the src_d descriptor to the existing ACL entry
indicated by the dest_d descriptor. The src_d and dest_d
descriptors may refer to entries in different ACLs.
RETURN VALUE
The acl_copy_entry() function returns the value 0 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_copy_entry()
function returns -1 and sets errno to the corresponding value:
[EINVAL] The argument src_d or dest_d is not a valid
descriptor for an ACL entry.
The arguments src_d and dest_d reference the
same ACL entry.
STANDARDS
IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (“POSIX.1e”, abandoned)
SEE ALSO
acl_get_entry(3), acl(5)
AUTHOR
Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by Robert N M
Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, and adapted for Linux by Andreas
Gruenbacher <andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com>.
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