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31 .\" Support for POSIX.1e access control lists.
38 .Nd get ACL information
46 utility writes discretionary access control information associated with
47 the specified file(s) to standard output.
50 utility indicates that
51 .Brq Va _POSIX_ACL_EXTENDED
52 is not in effect for a
54 then the standard discretionary access permissions are interpreted as
55 an ACL containing only the required ACL entries.
57 The following option is available:
58 .Bl -tag -width indent
60 The operation applies to the default ACL of a directory instead of the
62 An error is generated if a default ACL cannot be associated with
64 This option is not valid for NFSv4 ACLs.
66 If the target of the operation is a symbolic link, return the ACL from
67 the symbolic link itself rather than following the link.
69 For NFSv4 ACLs, append numerical ID at the end of each entry containing
71 Ignored for POSIX.1e ACLs.
73 Display user and group IDs numerically rather than converting to
75 Ignored for POSIX.1e ACLs.
77 Do not write commented information about file name and ownership.
79 useful when dealing with filenames with unprintable characters.
81 For NFSv4 ACLs, display access mask and flags in a verbose form.
82 Ignored for POSIX.1e ACLs.
85 The following operand is available:
86 .Bl -tag -width indent
88 A pathname of a file whose ACL shall be retrieved.
91 is not specified, or a
97 reads a list of pathnames, each terminated by one newline character,
98 from the standard input.
101 For an explanation of the ACL syntax, see the
109 Retrieve ACL for the directory
114 Retrieve the default ACL for the directory
127 utility is expected to be
129 Std 1003.2c compliant.
131 Extended Attribute and Access Control List support was developed as part
134 Project and introduced in
137 .An Robert N M Watson