ACLGETAGTYPE(3)      BSD Library Functions Manual      ACLGETAGTYPE(3)

NAME
     aclgettagtype -- retrieve the tag type from an ACL entry

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     ##include <>
     ##include <>

     int
     aclgettagtype(aclentryt entryd, acltagt *tagtypep);

DESCRIPTION
     The aclgettagtype() function is a POSIX.1e call that returns the tag
     type for the ACL entry entryd.  Upon successful completion, the location
     referred to by the argument tagtypep will be set to the tag type of the
     ACL entry entryd.

RETURN VALUES
     The aclgettagtype() function returns the value 0 if successful; other-
     wise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to
     indicate the error.

ERORS
     The aclgettagtype() function fails if:

     [EINVAL]           Argument entryd is not a valid descriptor for an ACL
                        entry;

SEE ALSO
     acl(3), aclcreateentry(3), aclgetentry(3), aclgetqualifier(3),
     aclinit(3), aclsetqualifier(3), aclsettagtype(3), posix1e(3)

STANDARDS
     POSIX.1e is described in IE POSIX.1e draft 17.

AUTHORS
     Michael Smith
     Chris D. Faulhaber

BSD                             March 10, 2001                             BSD