acl_entries3
Return the number of entries in an acl
Usage
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <acl/libacl.h>
int
acl_entries(acl_t acl);
Library
Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).
Overview
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.
Releases
13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 3 times.