FGETGRENT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FGETGRENT(3)
NAME
fgetgrent - get group file entry
SYNOPSIS
#include<grp.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<sys/types.h>
structgroup*fgetgrent(FILE*stream);
DESCRIPTION
The fgetgrent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing
the group information from the file stream. The first time it is
called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive
entries. The file stream must have the same format as /etc/group.
The group structure is defined in <grp.h> 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 */
};
RETURNVALUE
The fgetgrent() function returns the group information structure, or
NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.
ERRORS
ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate group information structure.
CONFORMINGTO
SVID 3
SEEALSO
getgrnam(3), getgrgid(3), getgrent(3), setgrent(3), endgrent(3)
GNU 1993-04-04 FGETGRENT(3)