NAME¶

putgrent - write a group database entry to a file

LIBRARY¶

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS¶

#define _GNU_SOURCE         /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <grp.h>

int putgrent(const struct group *restrict grp, FILE *restrict stream);

DESCRIPTION¶

The putgrent() function is the counterpart for fgetgrent(3). The function writes the content of the provided struct group into the stream. 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.

ATTRIBUTES¶

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

STANDARDS¶

This function is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO¶

fgetgrent(3), getgrent(3), group(5)