PUTGRENT
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2003-09-09
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NAME
putgrent - write a group database entry to a file
SYNOPSIS
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#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),
feature_test_macros(7)
COLOPHON
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