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29 .Nd release memory allocated to an ACL data object
31 Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, \-lacl).
36 .Fn acl_free "void *obj_p"
40 function frees any releasable memory currently allocated by to the ACL data object identified by
44 may identify an ACL, an ACL entry qualifier, or a pointer to a string
48 .\" .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
49 .\" True64 prints a compile time warning for acl_free(text) if text was
50 .\" produced by acl_to_text(). Bad!
54 If any of the following conditions occur, the
56 function returns the value
60 to the corresponding value:
63 The value of the argument
68 IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (\(lqPOSIX.1e\(rq, abandoned)
71 .Xr acl_create_entry 3 ,
79 Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by
80 .An "Robert N M Watson" Aq rwatson@FreeBSD.org ,
81 and adapted for Linux by
82 .An "Andreas Gruenbacher" Aq a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at .