freebsd man page for vigr

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VIGR(8) 						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						   VIGR(8)

NAME
vigr -- edit the group file
SYNOPSIS
vigr [-d directory]
DESCRIPTION
The vigr utility makes a temporary copy of the group file, allows the user to edit it, then verifies that the edited file is valid before installing it. The following options are available: -d directory Edit the group file in the specified directory instead of the default /etc/group.
ENVIRONMENT
EDITOR The editor to use instead of vi(1). TMPDIR The directory in which to store the temporary copy of the group file.
SEE ALSO
group(5), chkgrp(8), vipw(8)
HISTORY
The vigr utility appeared in FreeBSD 11.0.
AUTHORS
The vigr utility and this manual page were written by Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>.
BSD
December 14, 2014 BSD
Related Man Pages
vigr(8) - linux
vipw(8) - centos
vigr(8) - suse
groupmod(8) - netbsd
chkgrp(8) - freebsd
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