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ACLCOPYEXT(3) Library Functions Manual ACLCOPYEXT(3)

NAME top

   **acl_copy_ext** — copy an ACL from internal to external
   representation

LIBRARY top

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

SYNOPSIS top

   <_sys/types.h_> <_sys/acl.h_> _ssizet_ **acl_copy_ext**(_void *bufp_, _aclt_
   _acl_, _ssizet size_)

DESCRIPTION top

   The **acl_copy_ext**() function copies the ACL pointed to by _acl_ from
   system-managed space to the user managed space pointed to by
   _bufp_.  The _size_ parameter represents the size in bytes of the
   buffer pointed to by _bufp_.  The format of the ACL placed in the
   buffer pointed to by _bufp_ is a contiguous, persistent data item,
   the format of which is unspecified.  It is the responsibility of
   the invoker to allocate an area large enough to hold the copied
   ACL. The size of the exportable, contiguous, persistent form of
   the ACL may be obtained by invoking the **acl_size**() function.

   Any ACL entry descriptors that refer to an entry in the ACL
   referenced by _acl_ continue to refer to those entries. Any existing
   ACL pointers that refer to the ACL referenced by _acl_ continue to
   refer to the ACL.

RETURN VALUE top

   Upon success, this function returns the number of bytes placed in
   the buffer pointed to by _bufp_.  On error, a value of **(ssize_t)-1**
   is returned and _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ is set appropriately.

ERRORS top

   If any of the following conditions occur, the **acl_copy_ext**()
   function returns a value of **(ssize_t)-1** and sets _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to the
   corresponding value:

   [EINVAL]           The _size_ parameter is zero or negative.

                      The argument _acl_ is not a valid pointer to an
                      ACL.

                      The ACL referenced by _acl_ contains one or more
                      improperly formed ACL entries, or for some
                      other reason cannot be translated into the
                      external form of an ACL.

   [ERANGE]           The _size_ parameter is greater than zero but
                      smaller than the length of the contiguous,
                      persistent form of the ACL.

STANDARDS top

   IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (“POSIX.1e”, abandoned)

SEE ALSO top

   _aclcopyint_(3), _aclsize_(3), _acl_(5)

AUTHOR top

   Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by Robert N M Watson
   <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, and adapted for Linux by Andreas
   Gruenbacher <andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com>.

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Linux ACL March 23, 2002 ACLCOPYEXT(3)