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acl_get_file(3)
NAME
  acl_get_file - Given the pathname to a file or directory, retrieve the
  designated ACL

LIBRARY
  Security Library (libpacl.a)

SYNOPSIS
  #include <sys/acl.h>
  acl_t acl_get_file(
	  char *path_p);
	  acl_type_t type_d);

PARAMETERS
  path_p    Designates the pathname to retrieve the ACL from.

  type_d    Designates the type of ACL to retrieve:  ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
	    ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, or ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT_DIR.

DESCRIPTION
  NOTE:	 This function is based on Draft 13 of the POSIX P1003.6 standard.

  The acl_get_file() function retrieves the designated ACL via a pathname.
  The type of ACL being retrieved is designated in acl_type_t.	Working
  system storage is allocated as needed.

RETURN VALUES
  Upon successful completion, the acl_get_file() function returns a pointer
  to the working storage internal representation copy of the ACL.  If the
  specified ACL type is ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT or ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT_DIR and the
  specified ACL doesn't exist for the given file descriptor a value of NULL
  is returned.	If the specified ACL type is ACL_TYPE_ACCESS and the given
  file descriptor doesn't have an access ACL a pointer to the working storage
  internal representation copy of the permission bits in ACL format is
  returned. Otherwise, a value of NULL is returned and errno is set to
  indicate the error.

ERRORS
  If any of the following conditions occur, the acl_get_file() function sets
  errno to the corresponding value:

  [EACCES]		   The required access to the file or directory was
			   denied.

  [EINVAL]		   The type_d argument is not a recognized ACL type.

  [ENAMETOOLONG]	   The path name is longer than allowed.

  [ENOENT]		   The object does not exist.

  [ENOMEM]		   There is not enough memory available to the
			   process to allocate the working storage.

  [ENOTDIR]		   The type_d argument indicates a default ACL, and
			   path_p does not point to a directory.

RELATED INFORMATION
  acl_set_file(3), acl_get_entry(3), acl_get_file(3), acl_set_fd(3)

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