fgetgrent

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



NAME
       fgetgrent - get group file entry

SYNOPSIS
       #include <grp.h>
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <sys/types.h>

       struct group *fgetgrent(FILE *stream);

DESCRIPTION
       The  fgetgrent()  function  returns a pointer to a structure containing
       the group information from the file  stream.   The  first  time  it  is
       called  it  returns  the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive
       entries.  The file stream must have the same format as /etc/group.

       The group structure is defined in <grp.h> 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 fgetgrent() function returns the group  information  structure,  or
       NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.

ERRORS
       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate group information structure.

CONFORMING TO
       SVID 3

SEE ALSO
       getgrnam(3), getgrgid(3), getgrent(3), setgrent(3), endgrent(3)



GNU                               1993-04-04                      FGETGRENT(3)