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+.\"-
+.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Robert N. M. Watson
+.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Thomas Moestl
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd March 21, 2001
+.Dt CAP_COPY_INT 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm cap_copy_int
+.Nd convert an external capability representation to a capability state in
+working storage
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/types.h
+.In sys/capability.h
+.Ft cap_t
+.Fn cap_copy_int "const void *ext_p"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn cap_copy_int
+function converts an external capability representation (as returned by
+.Xr cap_copy_ext 3 )
+in the buffer pointed to by
+.Fa ext_p
+to a handle to a capability state in working storage.
+.Pp
+This function may cause memory to be allocated.
+The caller should free any releasable memory, when the capability state
+in working memory is no longer required, by calling
+.Xr cap_free 3
+with the
+.Vt cap_t
+as an argument.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+Upon successful completion, the
+.Fn cap_copy_int
+function returns a handle to a capability state in working storage.
+Otherwise,
+.Dv NULL
+is returned and the global variable
+.Va errno
+is set to indicate the error.
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn cap_copy_int
+fails if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+The
+.Fa ext_p
+does not refer to an external representation as returned by
+.Xr cap_copy_ext 3 .
+.It Bq Er ENOMEM
+The allocation of memory to hold the capability state
+has failed.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr cap_copy_int 3 ,
+.Xr cap_free 3 ,
+.Xr cap_from_text 3 ,
+.Xr cap_get_flag 3 ,
+.Xr cap_to_text 3 ,
+.Xr posix1e 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+This function is expected to conform to the withdrawn
+IEEE draft 1003.1e
+.Pq Dq POSIX.1e .
+.Sh HISTORY
+This function first appeared in
+.Fx 5.0 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An Thomas Moestl Aq tmm@FreeBSD.org
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