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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/getgrnam.3p b/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/getgrnam.3p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..db96583 --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/getgrnam.3p @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "GETGRNAM" 3P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" getgrnam +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.SH NAME +getgrnam, getgrnam_r \- search group database for a name +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fB#include <grp.h> +.br +.sp +struct group *getgrnam(const char *\fP\fIname\fP\fB); +.br +\fP +.LP +\fBint getgrnam_r(const char *\fP\fIname\fP\fB, struct group *\fP\fIgrp\fP\fB, +char +*\fP\fIbuffer\fP\fB, +.br +\ \ \ \ \ \ size_t\fP \fIbufsize\fP\fB, struct group **\fP\fIresult\fP\fB); +\fP +\fB +.br +\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIgetgrnam\fP() function shall search the group database for +an entry with a matching \fIname\fP. +.LP +The \fIgetgrnam\fP() function need not be reentrant. A function that +is not required to be reentrant is not required to be +thread-safe. +.LP +The \fIgetgrnam_r\fP() function shall update the \fBgroup\fP structure +pointed to by \fIgrp\fP and store a pointer to that +structure at the location pointed to by \fIresult\fP. The structure +shall contain an entry from the group database with a matching +\fIgid\fP or \fIname\fP. Storage referenced by the \fBgroup\fP structure +is allocated from the memory provided with the +\fIbuffer\fP parameter, which is \fIbufsize\fP bytes in size. The +maximum size needed for this buffer can be determined with the +{_SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX} \fIsysconf\fP() parameter. A NULL pointer is +returned at the +location pointed to by \fIresult\fP on error or if the requested entry +is not found. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.LP +The \fIgetgrnam\fP() function shall return a pointer to a \fBstruct +group\fP with the structure defined in \fI<grp.h>\fP with a matching +entry if one is found. The \fIgetgrnam\fP() function shall +return a null pointer if either the requested entry was not found, +or an error occurred. On error, \fIerrno\fP shall be set to +indicate the error. +.LP +The return value may point to a static area which is overwritten by +a subsequent call to \fIgetgrent\fP(), \fIgetgrgid\fP(), or +\fIgetgrnam\fP(). +.LP +If successful, the \fIgetgrnam_r\fP() function shall return zero; +otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the +error. +.SH ERRORS +.LP +The \fIgetgrnam\fP() and \fIgetgrnam_r\fP() functions may fail if: +.TP 7 +.B EIO +An I/O error has occurred. +.TP 7 +.B EINTR +A signal was caught during \fIgetgrnam\fP(). +.TP 7 +.B EMFILE +{OPEN_MAX} file descriptors are currently open in the calling process. +.TP 7 +.B ENFILE +The maximum allowable number of files is currently open in the system. +.sp +.LP +The \fIgetgrnam_r\fP() function may fail if: +.TP 7 +.B ERANGE +Insufficient storage was supplied via \fIbuffer\fP and \fIbufsize\fP +to contain the data to be referenced by the resulting +\fBgroup\fP structure. +.sp +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH EXAMPLES +.LP +None. +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +Applications wishing to check for error situations should set \fIerrno\fP +to 0 before calling \fIgetgrnam\fP(). If +\fIerrno\fP is set on return, an error occurred. +.LP +The \fIgetgrnam_r\fP() function is thread-safe and shall return values +in a user-supplied buffer instead of possibly using a +static data area that may be overwritten by each call. +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +\fIendgrent\fP(), \fIgetgrgid\fP(), the Base Definitions volume +of +IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, \fI<grp.h>\fP, \fI<limits.h>\fP, \fI<sys/types.h>\fP +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . |