NAME

acl_free_text − Releases an ACL text working storage

LIBRARY

Security Library (libpacl.a)

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/acl.h> int acl_free_text(
char buf_p);

PARAMETERS

buf_pSpecifies the text external representation storage for the ACL being freed. 

DESCRIPTION

NOTE:  This function is based on Draft 13 of the POSIX P1003.6 standard. The function may change as the P1003.6 standard is finalized. 

The acl_free_text() function releases the allocated memory area associated with the ACL text indicated by the buf_p descriptor. 

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, the acl_free_text() function returns a value of 0 (zero).  Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. 

ERRORS

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

[EINVAL]The acl_d parameter does not refer to a string allocated by acl_to_text().

RELATED INFORMATION

acl_to_text(3), acl_init(3)

Security