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NAME
getfacl - get ACL information
SYNOPSIS
getfacl [-dhinqv] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
The getfacl utility writes discretionary access control information
associated with the specified file(s) to standard output. If the
getconf(1) utility indicates that {_POSIX_ACL_EXTENDED} is not in effect
for a file then the standard discretionary access permissions are
interpreted as an ACL containing only the required ACL entries.
The following option is available:
-d The operation applies to the default ACL of a directory instead
of the access ACL. An error is generated if a default ACL cannot
be associated with file. This option is not valid for NFSv4
ACLs.
-h If the target of the operation is a symbolic link, return the ACL
from the symbolic link itself rather than following the link.
-i For NFSv4 ACLs, append numerical ID at the end of each entry
containing user or group name. Ignored for POSIX.1e ACLs.
-n Display user and group IDs numerically rather than converting to
a user or group name. Ignored for POSIX.1e ACLs.
-q Do not write commented information about file name and ownership.
This is useful when dealing with filenames with unprintable
characters.
-v For NFSv4 ACLs, display access mask and flags in a verbose form.
Ignored for POSIX.1e ACLs.
The following operand is available:
file A pathname of a file whose ACL shall be retrieved. If file is
not specified, or a file is specified as -, then getfacl reads a
list of pathnames, each terminated by one newline character, from
the standard input.
For an explanation of the ACL syntax, see the setfacl(1) manual page.
EXIT STATUS
The getfacl utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
getfacl /
Retrieve ACL for the directory /.
getfacl -d /
Retrieve the default ACL for the directory /, if any.
Extended Attribute and Access Control List support was developed as part
of the TrustedBSD Project and introduced in FreeBSD 5.0.
AUTHORS
Robert N M Watson
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 September 4, 2009 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11