acl_entries(3) — Linux manual page
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
<sys/types.h> <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
acl(5)
AUTHOR
Written by Andreas Gruenbacher <andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com>.
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