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.Dd March 23, 2002
.Dt ACL_COPY_ENTRY 3
.Os "Linux ACL"
.Sh NAME
.Nm acl_copy_entry
.Nd copy an ACL entry
.Sh LIBRARY
Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, \-lacl).
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/types.h
.In sys/acl.h
.Ft int
.Fn acl_copy_entry "acl_entry_t dest_d" "acl_entry_t src_d"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn acl_copy_entry
function copies the contents of the ACL entry indicated by the
.Va src_d
descriptor to the existing ACL entry indicated by the
.Va dest_d
descriptor. The
.Va src_d
and
.Va dest_d
descriptors may refer to entries in different ACLs.
.Sh RETURN VALUE
.Rv -std acl_copy_entry
.Sh ERRORS
If any of the following conditions occur, the
.Fn acl_copy_entry
function returns
.Li -1
and sets
.Va errno
to the corresponding value:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The argument
.Va src_d
or
.Va dest_d
is not a valid descriptor for an ACL entry.
.Pp
The arguments
.Va src_d
and
.Va dest_d
reference the same ACL entry.
.El
.Sh STANDARDS
IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (\(lqPOSIX.1e\(rq, abandoned)
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr acl_get_entry 3 ,
.Xr acl 5
.Sh AUTHOR
Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by
.An "Robert N M Watson" Aq rwatson@FreeBSD.org ,
and adapted for Linux by
.An "Andreas Gruenbacher" Aq a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at .