acl_entries(3)

1ACL_ENTRIES(3)           BSD Library Functions Manual           ACL_ENTRIES(3)
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NAME

4     acl_entries — return the number of entries in an ACL
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LIBRARY

7     Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).
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SYNOPSIS

10     #include <sys/types.h>
11     #include <acl/libacl.h>
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13     int
14     acl_entries(acl_t acl);
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DESCRIPTION

17     The acl_entries() function returns the number of ACL entries that are
18     contained in the ACL referred to by the argument acl.
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RETURN VALUE

21     The acl_entries() function returns the number of entries in acl if suc‐
22     cessful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno
23     is set to indicate the error.
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ERRORS

26     If any of the following conditions occur, the acl_entries() function
27     returns -1 and sets errno to the corresponding value:
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29     [EINVAL]           The argument acl is not a valid pointer to an ACL.
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STANDARDS

32     This is a non-portable, Linux specific extension to the ACL manipulation
33     functions defined in IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (“POSIX.1e”, abandoned).
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AUTHOR

39     Written by Andreas Gruenbacher <a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at>.
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41Linux ACL                       March 23, 2002                       Linux ACL