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).
       ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                                                                   │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ putgrent()                                                                  │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS

       GNU.

SEE ALSO

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

Linux man-pages 6.9.1                              2024-05-02                                        putgrent(3)