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22 .Nd convert an ACL error code to a text message
24 Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, \-lacl).
29 .Fn acl_error "int code"
33 function converts an ACL error code such as returned by the
35 function to a text message describing the error condition. In the
38 returns the following descriptions for the error codes.
39 .Bl -tag -width ACL_DUPLICATE_ERROR.
41 \(lqMultiple entries\(rq
42 .It ACL_DUPLICATE_ERROR
43 \(lqDuplicate entries\(rq
45 \(lqMissing or wrong entry\(rq
47 \(lqInvalid entry type\(rq
52 function returns a text message if the error code is recognized, and a value of
53 .Li (const char *)NULL
56 This is a non-portable, Linux specific extension to the ACL manipulation
57 functions defined in IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (\(lqPOSIX.1e\(rq, abandoned).
64 .An "Andreas Gruenbacher" Aq a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at .