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NAME

     acl_entries - return the number of entries in an ACL

LIBRARY

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

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <acl/libacl.h>

     int
     acl_entries(acl_t acl);

DESCRIPTION

     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.

STANDARDS

     This is a non-portable, Linux specific extension to the ACL manipulation
     functions defined in IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (“POSIX.1e”, abandoned).

SEE ALSO

     acl(5)

AUTHOR

     Written by Andreas Gruenbacher 〈a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at〉.