ACL_FREE
Section: C Library Functions (3)
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Linux ACL
NAME
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@FreeBSD.org ,
and adapted for Linux by
An Andreas Gruenbacher Aq
a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at .