acl_free (3)

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NAME

acl_free - release memory allocated to an ACL data object

LIBRARY

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

SYNOPSIS

In sys/types.h In sys/acl.h Ft int Fn acl_free void *obj_p

DESCRIPTION

The Fn 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 Fn acl_to_text function.

RETURN VALUE

Rv -std acl_free

ERRORS

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

Bq Er EINVAL

The value of the argument obj_p is invalid.

STANDARDS

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

SEE ALSO

acl_copy_int3, acl_create_entry3, acl_dup3, acl_from_text3, acl_get_fd, acl_get_file3, acl_init3, 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 .