libexplain/permission_mode.h File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/stddef.h>

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Functions
void	explain_message_permission_mode (char *message, size_t message_size, int mode)
const char *	explain_permission_mode (int mode)

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Function Documentation

void explain_message_permission_mode	(	char *	message,
		size_t	message_size,
		int	mode
	)

The explain_message_permission_mode function may be used to decode a set of permission mode bits into human readable text, something like the programmer would have written.

Parameters:

message	The character array to write the mode into. This makes the function thread safe if the array is suitable.
message_size	The size in bytes of the character array to write the mode into.
mode	the permission mode bits to be decoded

Definition at line 26 of file permission_mode.c.

const char* explain_permission_mode

(

int

mode

)

The explain_permission_mode function may be used to decode a set of permission mode bits into human readable text, something like the programmer would have written.

Parameters:

mode	the permission mode bits to be decoded

Returns:

pointer to string in shared buffer, it will be overwritten by subsequent calls to this function.

Note:

this function is not thread safe.

Definition at line 24 of file permission_mode.c.