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28.Dd March 10, 2001
29.Dt ACL_GET_PERMSET 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm acl_get_permset
33.Nd retrieve permission set from an ACL entry
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libc
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/types.h
38.In sys/acl.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn acl_get_permset "acl_entry_t entry_d" "acl_permset_t *permset_p"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn acl_get_permset
44function
45is a POSIX.1e call that returns via
46.Fa permset_p
47a descriptor to the permission set in the ACL entry
48.Fa entry_d .
49Subsequent operations using the returned permission set operate
50on the permission set within the ACL entry.
51.Sh RETURN VALUES
52.Rv -std acl_get_permset
53.Sh ERRORS
54The
55.Fn acl_get_permset
56function fails if:
57.Bl -tag -width Er
58.It Bq Er EINVAL
59Argument
60.Fa entry_d
61is not a valid descriptor for an ACL entry.
62.El
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr acl 3 ,
65.Xr acl_add_perm 3 ,
66.Xr acl_clear_perms 3 ,
67.Xr acl_delete_perm 3 ,
68.Xr acl_set_permset 3 ,
69.Xr posix1e 3
70.Sh STANDARDS
71POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.
72.Sh HISTORY
73POSIX.1e support was introduced in
74.Fx 4.0 .
75The
76.Fn acl_get_permset
77function was added in
78.Fx 5.0 .
79.Sh AUTHORS
80The
81.Fn acl_get_permset
82function was written by
83.An Chris D. Faulhaber Aq jedgar@fxp.org .
84