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acl_size(3)
NAME
  acl_size - Determines the size of the data package internal representation
  of the given ACL

LIBRARY
  Security Library (libpacl.a)

SYNOPSIS
  #include <sys/acl.h>
  ssize_t acl_size(
	  acl_t acl_d);

PARAMETERS
  acl_d	    The working storage internal representation of an ACL that the
	    size is desired on.

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.

  Given an ACL, the acl_size() function determines the number of bytes
  required for storing the ACL if converted to data package internal
  representation using acl_copy_ext().

RETURN VALUES
  Upon successful completion, the acl_size function returns the size of the
  ACL.	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_size() function sets
  errno to the corresponding value:

  [EINVAL]	 The acl_d argument does not point to an ACL structure.

RELATED INFORMATION
  acl_copy_ext(3)

  Security