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29 .Nd return the number of entries in an ACL
31 Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, \-lacl).
36 .Fn acl_entries "acl_t acl"
40 function returns the number of ACL entries that are contained in the ACL referred to by the argument
45 function returns the number of entries in
47 if successful; otherwise the value
49 is returned and the global variable
51 is set to indicate the error.
53 If any of the following conditions occur, the
59 to the corresponding value:
64 is not a valid pointer to an ACL.
67 This is a non-portable, Linux specific extension to the ACL manipulation
68 functions defined in IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (\(lqPOSIX.1e\(rq, abandoned).
73 .An "Andreas Gruenbacher" Aq a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at .