NAME
acl_entries — return the number of entries in an ACLLIBRARY
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 ⟨[email protected]⟩.March 23, 2002 | Linux ACL |