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ACL_COPY_ENTRY(3)          Library Functions Manual          ACL_COPY_ENTRY(3)

NAME
     acl_copy_entry - copy an ACL entry to another ACL entry

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/acl.h>

     int
     acl_copy_entry(acl_entry_t dest_d, acl_entry_t src_d);

DESCRIPTION
     The acl_copy_entry() function is a POSIX.1e call that copies the contents
     of ACL entry src_d to ACL entry dest_d.

RETURN VALUES
     The acl_copy_entry() function returns the value 0 if successful;
     otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set
     to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     The acl_copy_entry() function fails if:

     [EINVAL]           Argument src_d or dest_d is not a valid descriptor for
                        an ACL entry, or arguments src_d and dest_d reference
                        the same ACL entry.

SEE ALSO
     acl(3), acl_get_entry(3), posix1e(3)

STANDARDS
     POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.

HISTORY
     POSIX.1e support was introduced in FreeBSD 4.0.  The acl_copy_entry()
     function was added in FreeBSD 5.0.

AUTHORS
     The acl_copy_entry() function was written by Chris D. Faulhaber
     <jedgar@fxp.org>.

NetBSD 10.99                    March 10, 2001                    NetBSD 10.99