NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     acl_copy_entry -- copy an ACL entry to another ACL entry

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

     int
     acl_copy_entry(acl_entry_t dest_d, acl_entry_t src_d);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_copy_entry() function is a POSIX.1e call that copies the contents
     of ACL entry src_d to ACL entry dest_d.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_copy_entry() 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_copy_entry() function fails if:

     [EINVAL]		Argument src_d or dest_d is not a valid descriptor for
			an ACL entry, or arguments src_d and dest_d reference
			the same ACL entry.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     acl(3), acl_get_entry(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_copy_entry()
     function was added in FreeBSD 5.0.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

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


FreeBSD 5.2.1			March 10, 2001			 FreeBSD 5.2.1