putgrent(3) [x11r4 man page]

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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 *stream);

DESCRIPTION

       The putgrent() function is the counterpart for fgetgrent(3).  The function writes the content of the provided struct group into the stream.
       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.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       +-----------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface  | Attribute	   | Value   |
       +-----------+---------------+---------+
       |putgrent() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +-----------+---------------+---------+

CONFORMING TO

       This function is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO

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

COLOPHON

       This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and  the
       latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

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								    2017-09-15							       PUTGRENT(3)

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 *stream);

DESCRIPTION

       The putgrent() function is the counterpart for fgetgrent(3).  The function writes the content of the provided struct group into the stream.
       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.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       +-----------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface  | Attribute	   | Value   |
       +-----------+---------------+---------+
       |putgrent() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +-----------+---------------+---------+

CONFORMING TO

       This function is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO

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

COLOPHON

       This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and  the
       latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU
								    2017-09-15							       PUTGRENT(3)