NAME
    getfacl - get file access control lists

SYNOPSIS
    getfacl [-dRLPvh] file ...

    getfacl [-dRLPvh] -

DESCRIPTION
    For each file,  getfacl displays the file name, owner, the group, and
    the Access Control List (ACL). If a directory has a default ACL, get-
    facl also displays the default ACL. Non-directories cannot have default
    ACLs.

    If getfacl is used on a file system that does not support ACLs, getfacl
    displays  the access permissions defined by the traditional file mode
    permission bits.

    The output format of getfacl is as follows:
     1: # file: somedir/
     2: # owner: lisa
     3: # group: staff
     4: user::rwx
     5: user:joe:rwx     #effective:r-x
     6: group::rwx     #effective:r-x
     7: group:cool:r-x
     8: mask:r-x
     9: other:r-x
    10: default:user::rwx
    11: default:user:joe:rwx    #effective:r-x
    12: default:group::r-x
    13: default:mask:r-x
    14: default:other:---

    Lines 4, 6 and 9 correspond to the user, group and other fields of the
    file mode permission bits. These three are called the base ACL entries.
    Lines 5 and 7 are named user and named group entries. Line 8 is the
    effective rights mask. This entry limits the effective rights granted
    to all groups and to named users. (The file owner and others permis-
    sions are not affected by the effective rights mask; all other entries
    are.) Lines 10--14 display the default ACL associated with this direc-
    tory. Directories may have a default ACL. Regular files never have a
    default ACL.

    The default behavior for getfacl is to display both the  ACL and the
    default ACL, and to include an effective rights comment for lines where
    the rights of the entry differ from the effective rights.

    If output is to a terminal, the effective rights comment is aligned to
    column 40. Otherwise, a single tab character separates the ACL entry
    and the effective rights comment.

    The ACL listings of multiple files are separated by blank lines.  The
    output of getfacl can also be used as input to setfacl.

 PERMISSIONS
    Process with search access to a file (i.e., processes with read access
    to the containing directory of a file) are also granted read access to
    the file's ACLs.  This is analogous to the permissions required for
    accessing the file mode.

 OPTIONS
    --access
   Display the file access control list.

    -d, --default
   Display the default access control list.

    --omit-header
   Do not display the comment header (the first three lines of each
   file's output).

    --all-effective
   Print all effective rights comments, even if identical to the
   rights defined by the ACL entry.

    --no-effective
   Do not print effective rights comments.

    --skip-base
   Skip files that only have the base ACL entries (owner, group, oth-
   ers).

    -R, --recursive
   List the ACLs of all files and directories recursively.

    -L, --logical
   Logical walk, follow symbolic links. The default behavior is to
   follow symbolic link arguments, and to skip symbolic links encoun-
   tered in subdirectories.

    -P, --physical
   Physical walk, skip all symbolic links. This also skips symbolic
   link arguments.

    --tabular
   Use an alternative tabular output format. The ACL and the default
   ACL are displayed side by side. Permissions that are ineffective
   due to the ACL mask entry are displayed capitalized. The entry tag
   names for the ACL_USER_OBJ and ACL_GROUP_OBJ entries are also dis-
   played in capital letters, which helps in spotting those entries.

    --absolute-names
   Do not strip leading slash characters (`/'). The default behavior
   is to strip leading slash characters.

    --version
   Print the version of getfacl and exit.

    --help
   Print help explaining the command line options.

    -- End of command line options. All remaining parameters are inter-
   preted as file names, even if they start with a dash character.

    -  If the file name parameter is a single dash character, getfacl
   reads a list of files from standard input.

CONFORMANCE TO POSIX 1003.1e DRAFT STANDARD 17
    If the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is defined, the default
    behavior of getfacl changes in the following ways: Unless otherwise
    specified, only the ACL is printed. The default ACL is only printed if
    the -d option is given. If no command line parameter is given, getfacl
    behaves as if it was invoked as ``getfacl -''.

AUTHOR
    Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@computer.org>.

    Please send your bug reports and comments to the above address.

SEE ALSO
   setfacl(1), acl(5)