PUTGRENT(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual						       PUTGRENT(3)

NAME

       putgrent - write a group database entry to a file

SYNOPSIS

       #define _GNU_SOURCE	   /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
       #include <grp.h>

       int putgrent(const struct group *grp, FILE *fp);

DESCRIPTION

       The  putgrent()	function  is the counterpart for fgetgrent(3).	The function writes the content of the provided struct group into the file
       pointed to by fp.  The list of group members must be NULL-terminated or NULL-initialized.

       The struct group is defined 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 function returns zero on success, and a nonzero value on error.

CONFORMING TO

       This function is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO

       fgetgrent(3), getgrent(3), group(5)

COLOPHON

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								    2003-09-09							       PUTGRENT(3)