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.\" Copyright 2003 Walter Harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
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.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later
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.TH putgrent 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
putgrent \- write a group database entry to a file
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
.B #include <grp.h>
.P
.BI "int putgrent(const struct group *restrict " grp \
", FILE *restrict " stream );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR putgrent ()
function is the counterpart for
.BR fgetgrent (3).
The function writes the content of the provided
.I struct group
into the
.IR stream .
The list of group members must be NULL-terminated or NULL-initialized.
.P
The
.I struct group
is defined as follows:
.P
.in +4n
.EX
struct group {
char *gr_name; /* group name */
char *gr_passwd; /* group password */
gid_t gr_gid; /* group ID */
char **gr_mem; /* group members */
};
.EE
.in
.SH RETURN VALUE
The function returns zero on success, and a nonzero value on error.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface Attribute Value
T{
.na
.nh
.BR putgrent ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
.SH STANDARDS
GNU.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR fgetgrent (3),
.BR getgrent (3),
.BR group (5)
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