acl_get_tag_type (3)

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NAME

acl_get_tag_type - get the tag type of an ACL entry

LIBRARY

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

SYNOPSIS

In sys/types.h In sys/acl.h Ft int Fn acl_get_tag_type acl_entry_t entry_d acl_tag_t *tag_type_p

DESCRIPTION

The Fn acl_get_tag_type function assigns to the value pointed to by tag_type_p the tag type for the ACL entry indicated by the argument entry_d

The argument entry_d and any other ACL entry descriptors that refer to entries in the same ACL continue to refer to those entries. The order of all existing entries in the ACL remain unchanged.

RETURN VALUE

Rv -std acl_get_tag_type

ERRORS

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

Bq Er EINVAL

The argument entry_d is not a valid descriptor for an ACL entry.

STANDARDS

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

SEE ALSO

acl_create_entry3, acl_get_entry3, acl_get_permset3, acl_get_qualifier3, acl_set_permset3, acl_set_qualifier3, acl_set_tag_type3, 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 .