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GETGRNAM
!!!GETGRNAM
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
FILES
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO
----
!!NAME


getgrnam, getgrgid - get group file entry
!!SYNOPSIS


__#include
__''name''__);
struct group *getgrgid(gid_t__ ''gid''__);
__
!!DESCRIPTION


The __getgrnam()__ function returns a pointer to a
structure containing the group information from
''/etc/group'' for the entry that matches the group name
''name''.


The __getgrgid()__ function returns a pointer to a
structure containing the group information from
''/etc/group'' for the entry that matches the group gid
''gid''.


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 __getgrnam()__ and __getgrgid()__ functions return
the group information structure, or NULL if the matching
entry is not found or an error occurs.
!!ERRORS


__ENOMEM__


Insufficient memory to allocate group information
structure.
!!FILES


''/etc/group''


Group database file
!!CONFORMING TO


SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3
!!SEE ALSO


fgetgrent(3), getgrent(3), setgrent(3),
endgrent(3)
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