acl_copy_entry (3)

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NAME

acl_copy_entry - copy an ACL entry

LIBRARY

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

SYNOPSIS

In sys/types.h In sys/acl.h Ft int Fn acl_copy_entry acl_entry_t dest_d acl_entry_t src_d

DESCRIPTION

The Fn acl_copy_entry function copies the contents of the ACL entry indicated by the src_d descriptor to the existing ACL entry indicated by the dest_d descriptor. The src_d and dest_d descriptors may refer to entries in different ACLs.

RETURN VALUE

Rv -std acl_copy_entry

ERRORS

If any of the following conditions occur, the Fn acl_copy_entry function returns -1 and sets errno to the corresponding value:

Bq Er EINVAL

The argument src_d or dest_d is not a valid descriptor for an ACL entry.

The arguments src_d and dest_d reference the same ACL entry.

STANDARDS

IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (lqPOSIX.1erq, abandoned)

SEE ALSO

acl_get_entry3, acl(5)

AUTHOR

Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by An Robert N M Watson Aq rwatson@FreeBSD.org , and adapted for Linux by An Andreas Gruenbacher Aq a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at .