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Name

putgrent - write a group database entry to a file

Library

Standard C library ( libc ", " -lc )

Synopsis

"#define(7)_GNU_SOURCE" "         /* See feature_test_macros */" #include <grp.h> 
int putgrent(const struct group *restrict  grp \
", FILE *restrict " 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). allbox; lbx lb lb T{ putgrent()
InterfaceAttributeValue
T}Thread safetyMT-Safe

Standards

GNU.

See Also

  1. fgetgrent(3),
  2. getgrent(3),
  3. group(5)