NAME
LIBRARY
Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).
SYNOPSIS
n sys/types.h
n sys/acl.h
DESCRIPTION
The
function return the size, in bytes, of the buffer required to hold the exportable, contiguous, persistent form of the ACL pointed to by the argument
when converted by
Any existing ACL entry descriptors that refer to entries in
continue to refer to the same entries. Any existing ACL pointers that refer
to the ACL referred to by
continue to refer to the ACL. The order of ACL entries within
remains unchanged.
RETURN VALUE
On success, the
function returns the size in bytes of the contiguous, persistent form of
the ACL. On error, a value of
is returned and
is set appropriately.
ERRORS
If any of the following conditions occur, the
function returns a value of
and sets
to the corresponding value:
- EINVAL
The argument
is not a valid pointer to an ACL.
STANDARDS
IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (POSIX.1e, abandoned)
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by
and adapted for Linux by
