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ACLDELETEENTRY(3) Library Functions Manual ACLDELETEENTRY(3)

NAME top

   **acl_delete_entry** — delete an ACL entry

LIBRARY top

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

SYNOPSIS top

   <_sys/types.h_> <_sys/acl.h_> _int_ **acl_delete_entry**(_aclt acl_,
   _aclentryt entryd_)

DESCRIPTION top

   The **acl_delete_entry**() function removes the ACL entry indicated by
   the _entryd_ descriptor from the ACL pointed to by _acl_.  Any
   existing ACL entry descriptors that refer to entries in _acl_ other
   than that referred to by _entryd_ continue to refer to the same
   entries. The argument _entryd_ and any other ACL entry descriptors
   that refer to the same ACL entry are undefined after this function
   completes. Any existing ACL pointers that refer to the ACL
   referred to by _acl_ continue to refer to the ACL.

RETURN VALUE top

   The **acl_delete_entry**() function returns the value 0 if successful;
   otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_
   is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS top

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

   [EINVAL]           The argument _aclp_ is not a valid pointer to an
                      ACL.

                      The argument _entryd_ is not a valid pointer to
                      an ACL entry.

STANDARDS top

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

SEE ALSO top

   _aclcopyentry_(3), _aclcreateentry_(3), _aclgetentry_(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>.

COLOPHON top

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   for this manual page, see
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Linux ACL March 23, 2002 ACLDELETEENTRY(3)