acl_free (3) Linux Manual Page

acl_free – release memory allocated to an ACL data object

Library

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

Synopsis

In sys/types.h In sys/acl.h Ft int Fn acl_free void *obj_p

Description

The Fn acl_free function frees any releasable memory currently allocated by to the ACL data object identified by obj_p The argument obj_p may identify an ACL, an ACL entry qualifier, or a pointer to a string allocated by the Fn acl_to_text function.

Return Value

Rv -std acl_free

Errors

If any of the following conditions occur, the Fn acl_free function returns the value -1 and and sets errno to the corresponding value:

Bq Er EINVAL

The value of the argument obj_p is invalid.

Standards

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

See Also

acl_copy_int3, acl_create_entry3, acl_dup3, acl_from_text3, acl_get_fd, acl_get_file3, acl_init3, acl(5)

Author

Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by An Robert N M Watson Aq rwatson [at] FreeBSD.org , and adapted for Linux by An Andreas Gruenbacher Aq a.gruenbacher [at] bestbits.at .