ACL\_COPY\_ENTRY(3) Library Functions Manual ACL\_COPY\_ENTRY(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

`acl_copy_entry` — copy an ACL entry

# [LIBRARY](#LIBRARY)

Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

`#include <sys/types.h>`  
`#include <sys/acl.h>`

`int`  
`acl_copy_entry`(`acl_entry_t dest_d`, `acl_entry_t src_d`);

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The [`acl_copy_entry`](#acl_copy_entry)() function copies the contents of the ACL entry indicated by the `src_d` descriptor to the existing ACL entry indicated by the `dest_d` descriptor. The `src_d` and `dest_d` descriptors may refer to entries in different ACLs.

# [RETURN VALUE](#RETURN_VALUE)

The `acl_copy_entry`() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable `errno` is set to indicate the error.

# [ERRORS](#ERRORS)

If any of the following conditions occur, the `acl_copy_entry`() function returns `-1` and sets `errno` to the corresponding value:

\[[`EINVAL`](#EINVAL)]

The argument `src_d` or `dest_d` is not a valid descriptor for an ACL entry.

The arguments `src_d` and `dest_d` reference the same ACL entry.

# [STANDARDS](#STANDARDS)

IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (“POSIX.1e”, abandoned)

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[acl\_get\_entry(3)](/man/os/acl/acl_get_entry.3), [acl(5)](/man/os/acl/acl.5)

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by Robert N M Watson ⟨rwatson@FreeBSD.org⟩, and adapted for Linux by Andreas Gruenbacher ⟨andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com⟩.

March 23, 2002 Linux ACL

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Document: acl_copy_entry(3) from acl 2.4.0-r5 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/git/acl.git