CAPNG_PRINT_CAPS_NUMERIC(3)

💅 CAPNG_PRINT_CAPS_NUMERIC — the libcap-ng glow-up ✨

okay bestie, buckle up, because this is capng_print_caps_numeric from the Libcap-ng API, and she is literally the moment 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

capng_print_caps_numeric — print numeric values for capabilities set 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <cap-ng.h>

char *capng_print_caps_numeric(capng_print_t where, capng_select_t set);

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so like, capng_print_caps_numeric makes you a numeric representation of the internal capabilities. no vibes, no names, just numbers, and honestly? iconic 👑

that representation can go two places, and you pick where with the where parameter:

• pass CAPNG_PRINT_STDOUT and it goes straight to stdout 🌈
• pass CAPNG_PRINT_BUFFER and it goes into a buffer 🧚

heads up bestie 🚨 if you went with the buffer option, this function will malloc a buffer for you — and the caller must free it. that's on you, not her. she did her part 💅

then there's set, which controls what actually gets included in the representation. the legal options are:

• CAPNG_SELECT_CAPS — the traditional capabilities, the OGs 👑
• CAPNG_SELECT_BOUNDS — the bounding set 🦋
• CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH — if printing both is what you desire, say less ✨
• CAPNG_SELECT_AMBIENT — if you only want the ambient capabilities 🌸
• CAPNG_SELECT_ALL — if printing all is the vibe, go off 🔥

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💖 RETURN VALUE 💖

depends on the where, no cap:

• if CAPNG_PRINT_BUFFER was selected for where, this will be the text buffer — and NULL on failure. don't forget to free it! 🙈
• if CAPNG_PRINT_STDOUT was selected, then this value will be NULL no matter what. she said what she said 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• capng_print_caps_text(3)
• capabilities(7)

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🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Steve Grubb 💜

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and that's the whole page, bestie — brought to you by <strong>Red Hat</strong>, dated <strong>Sept 2020</strong>, straight out of the <strong>Libcap-ng API</strong> era. mwah, periodt 💋✨