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
Theacl_entries
() function returns the number of ACL
entries that are contained in the ACL referred to by the argument
acl.
RETURN VALUE
Theacl_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, theacl_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⟩.March 23, 2002 | Linux ACL |