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selinux_colors_path(3) Library Functions Manualselinux_colors_path(3)selinux_colors_path - Return a path to the active SELinux policy color configuration file
#include <selinux/selinux.h>const char *selinux_colors_path(void);
selinux_colors_path() returns the path to the active policy color configuration file. The path is built from the path returned byselinux_policy_root(3) with/secolor.conf appended. This optional configuration file whose format is shown insecolor.conf(5), controls the colors to be associated with theraw context components of theselinux_raw_context_to_color(3) function when information is to be displayed by an SELinux color-aware application.
On success, the path to the active policy color configuration file is returned. If a path is not available NULL is returned.
None.
selinux(8),selinux_policy_root(3),selinux_config(5),selinux_raw_context_to_color(3),secolor.conf(5)
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