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FGETGRENT
!!!FGETGRENT
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO
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!!NAME


fgetgrent - get group file entry
!!SYNOPSIS


__#include
__''stream''__);
__
!!DESCRIPTION


The __fgetgrent()__ function returns a pointer to a
structure containing the group information from the file
''stream''. The first time it is called it returns the
first entry; thereafter, it returns successive entries. The
file ''stream'' must have the same format as
''/etc/group''.


The ''group'' structure is defined in
'''' 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 the group
information structure, or NULL if there are no more entries
or an error occurs.
!!ERRORS


__ENOMEM__


Insufficient memory to allocate group information
structure.
!!CONFORMING TO


SVID 3
!!SEE ALSO


getgrnam(3), getgrgid(3), getgrent(3),
setgrent(3), endgrent(3)
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Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:24:18 am by "perry"

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