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

NAME
       fgetgrent - get group file entry

SYNOPSIS
       #include 
       #include 
       #include 

       struct group *fgetgrent(FILE *stream);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see featuretestmacros(7)):

       fgetgrent(): SVIDSOURCE

DESCRIPTION
       The  fgetgrent()  function  returns a pointer to a structure containing
       the group information from the file referred to by stream.   The  first
       time  it  is  called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns
       successive entries.  The file referred to by stream must have the  same
       format as /etc/group (see group(5)).

       The group structure is defined in  as follows:

           struct group {
               char   *grname;        /* group name */
               char   *grpasswd;      /* group password */
               gidt   grgid;         /* group ID */
               char  **grmem;         /* group members */
           };

RETURN VALUE
       The  fgetgrent()  function  returns  a pointer to a group structure, or
       NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.  In the event  of
       an error, errno is set to indicate the cause.

ERRORS
       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate group structure.

CONFORMING TO
       SVr4.

SEE ALSO
       endgrent(3), fgetgrentr(3), fopen(3), getgrent(3), getgrgid(3), getgr‐
       nam(3), putgrent(3), setgrent(3), group(5)

COLOPHON
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