NAME
fgetgrent - get group file entry
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <grp.h>
struct group *fgetgrent(FILE *stream);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
fgetgrent(): _SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The fgetgrent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the group information from the file referred to by stream. The first time it is called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive entries. The file referred to by stream must have the same format as /etc/group (see group(5)).
The group structure is defined in <grp.h> as follows:
struct group { char *gr_name; /* group name */ char *gr_passwd; /* group password */ gid_t gr_gid; /* group ID */ char **gr_mem; /* group members */ };
RETURN VALUE
The fgetgrent() function returns a pointer to a group structure, or NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.
ERRORS
| ENOMEM | Insufficient memory to allocate group structure. |
CONFORMING TO
SVr4.
SEE ALSO
endgrent(3), fgetgrent_r(3), fopen(3), getgrent(3), getgrgid(3), getgrnam(3), putgrent(3), setgrent(3), group(5)
COLOPHON
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