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NAME

     acl_from_text -- create an ACL from text

LIBRARY

     Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).

SYNOPSIS

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

     acl_t
     acl_from_text(const char *buf_p);

DESCRIPTION

     The acl_from_text() function converts the text form of the ACL referred to by buf_p into the internal form of an ACL and returns a pointer to
     the working storage that contains the ACL. The acl_from_text() function accepts as input the long text form and short text form of an ACL as
     described in acl(5).

     This function may cause memory to be allocated.  The caller should free any releasable memory, when the new ACL is no longer required, by
     calling acl_free(3) with the (void*)acl_t returned by acl_from_text() as an argument.

RETURN VALUE

     Upon successful completion, this function returns a pointer to the working storage.  Otherwise, a value of (acl_t)NULL is returned, and errno
     is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

     If any of the following conditions occur, the acl_from_text() function returns a value of (acl_t)NULL and sets errno to the corresponding
     value:

     [EINVAL]		The argument buf_p cannot be translated into an ACL.

     [ENOMEM]		The acl_t to be returned requires more memory than is allowed by the hardware or system-imposed memory management con-
			straints.

STANDARDS

     IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 ("POSIX.1e", abandoned)

SEE ALSO

     acl_free(3), acl_get_entry(3), acl(5)

AUTHOR

     Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by Robert N M Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, and adapted for Linux by Andreas Gruenbacher
     <a.gruenbacher@computer.org>.

Linux ACL							  March 23, 2002							 Linux ACL

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NAME

     acl_from_text -- create an ACL from text

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

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

     acl_t
     acl_from_text(const char *buf_p);

DESCRIPTION

     The acl_from_text() function converts the text form of an ACL referred to by buf_p into the internal working structure for ACLs, appropriate
     for applying to files or manipulating.

     This function may cause memory to be allocated.  The caller should free any releasable memory, when the new ACL is no longer required, by
     calling acl_free(3) with the (void *)acl_t as an argument.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES

     The ACL_TYPE_EXTENDE text format differs from the POSIX.1e format, and this function will not translate between formats.

RETURN VALUES

     Upon successful completion, the function shall return a pointer to the internal representation of the ACL in working storage.  Otherwise, a
     value of (acl_t)NULL shall be returned, and errno shall be set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

     If any of the following conditions occur, the acl_from_text() function shall return a value of (acl_t)NULL and set errno to the corresponding
     value:

     [EINVAL]		Argument buf_p cannot be translated into an ACL.

     [ENOMEM]		The ACL working storage requires more memory than is allowed by the hardware or system-imposed memory management con-
			straints.

SEE ALSO

     acl(3), acl_free(3), acl_get(3), acl_to_text(3), posix1e(3)

STANDARDS

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

AUTHORS

     Michael Smith
     Robert N M Watson

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								 January 28, 2000							       BSD

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