NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     acl_get_tag_type -- retrieve the tag type from an ACL entry

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

     int
     acl_get_tag_type(acl_entry_t entry_d, acl_tag_t *tag_type_p);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_get_tag_type() function is a POSIX.1e call that returns the tag
     type for the ACL entry entry_d.  Upon successful completion, the location
     referred to by the argument tag_type_p will be set to the tag type of the
     ACL entry entry_d.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_get_tag_type() 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    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_get_tag_type() function fails if:

     [EINVAL]		Argument entry_d is not a valid descriptor for an ACL
			entry;

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     acl(3), acl_create_entry(3), acl_get_entry(3), acl_get_qualifier(3),
     acl_init(3), acl_set_qualifier(3), acl_set_tag_type(3), posix1e(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     POSIX.1e support was introduced in FreeBSD 4.0.  The acl_get_tag_type()
     function was added in FreeBSD 5.0.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_get_tag_type() function was written by Chris D. Faulhaber
     <jedgar@fxp.org>.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			March 10, 2001			 FreeBSD 5.2.1