semanage\_fcontext(3) Libsemanage API documentation semanage\_fcontext(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

semanage\_fcontext - SELinux File Context Management API

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**#include <semanage/fcontext\_record.h>**  
**#include <semanage/fcontexts\_policy.h>**  
**#include <semanage/fcontexts\_local.h>**

This object contains properties associated with a SELinux file context specification

For details on a specific function, see its manual page.

# [Record API Overview](#Record_API_Overview)

[**semanage\_fcontext\_create**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_create.3)**-**  
create a file context spec

[**semanage\_fcontext\_free**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_free.3)**-**  
release resources for this file context spec

[**semanage\_fcontext\_key\_create**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_key_create.3)**-**  
create a key, which can be used to identify a file context spec

[**semanage\_fcontext\_key\_free**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_key_free.3)**-**  
release resources for this file context spec key

[**semanage\_fcontext\_key\_extract**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_key_extract.3)**-**  
create a key matching this file context spec

[**semanage\_fcontext\_clone**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_clone.3)**-**  
create an identical file context spec (deep-copy clone)

[**semanage\_fcontext\_compare**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_compare.3)**-**  
compare this file context spec to the provided key

[**semanage\_fcontext\_compare2**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_compare2.3)**-**  
compare this file context spec to another

# [Properties API Overview](#Properties_API_Overview)

[**semanage\_fcontext\_get\_expr**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_get_expr.3)**-**  
return the regular expression for this file context spec

[**semanage\_fcontext\_set\_expr**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_set_expr.3)**-**  
set the regular expression for this file context spec

[**semanage\_fcontext\_get\_type**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_get_type.3)**-**  
return the file type for this file context spec

[**semanage\_fcontext\_get\_type\_str**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_get_type_str.3)**-**  
return a string representation for this file context spec type

[**semanage\_fcontext\_set\_type**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_set_type.3)**-**  
set the file type for this file context spec

[**semanage\_fcontext\_get\_con**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_get_con.3)**-**  
return the SELinux context for this file context spec

[**semanage\_fcontext\_set\_expr**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_set_expr.3)**-**  
set the SELinux context for this file context spec

# [Record Store API Overview](#Record_Store_API_Overview)

[**semanage\_fcontext\_modify\_local**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_modify_local.3)**-**  
add or update a file context spec in the local store

[**semanage\_fcontext\_del\_local**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_del_local.3)**-**  
delete a file context spec from the local store

[**semanage\_fcontext\_exists**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_exists.3)**-**  
check if a file context spec is defined in the persistent policy

[**semanage\_fcontext\_exists\_local**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_exists_local.3)**-**  
check if a file context spec is defined in the local store

[**semanage\_fcontext\_query**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_query.3)**-**  
query a file context spec in the persistent policy

[**semanage\_fcontext\_query\_local**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_query_local.3)**-**  
query a file context spec in the local store

[**semanage\_fcontext\_count**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_count.3)**-**  
count the number of file context specs defined in the persistent policy

[**semanage\_fcontext\_count\_local**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_count_local.3)**-**  
count the number of file context specs defined in the local store

[**semanage\_fcontext\_iterate**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_iterate.3)**-**  
execute a callback for each file context spec in the persistent policy

[**semanage\_fcontext\_iterate\_local**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_iterate_local.3)**-**  
execute a callback for each file context spec in the local store

[**semanage\_fcontext\_list**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_list.3)**-**  
return an array containing all file context specs in the persistent policy

[**semanage\_fcontext\_list\_local**(3)](/man/os/libsemanage/semanage_fcontext_list_local.3)**-**  
return an array containing all file context specs in the local store

16 March 2006 ivg2@cornell.edu

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Document: semanage_fcontext(3) from libsemanage 3.11-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux.git