acl_free3
Release memory allocated to an acl data object
Usage
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/acl.h>
int
acl_free(void *obj_p);
Library
Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).
Overview
The acl_free() function frees any releasable memory currently allocated by to the ACL data object identified by obj_p. The argument obj_p may identify an ACL, an ACL entry qualifier, or a pointer to a string allocated by the acl_to_text() function.
Return value
The acl_free() function returns the value 0 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_free() function returns the value -1 and and sets errno to the corresponding value:
- [EINVAL]
-
The value of the argument obj_p is invalid.
Releases
13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 3 times.