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ACL_ENTRIES(3) BSD 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
acl(5)
AUTHOR
Written by Andreas Gruenbacher 〈 a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at〉 .
Linux ACL March 23, 2002 Linux ACL
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