putgrent

PUTGRENT(3)		    group Database Access		  PUTGRENT(3)



NAME
       putgrent - write a group database entry to a file

SYNOPSIS
       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include <grp.h>

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


DESCRIPTION
       The  putgrent()	function is the the counterpart for fgetgrent().  The
       function writes the content of the provided struct group into the file
       pointed	to  by fp.  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 non-zero value on error.

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



GNU				  2003-09-09			  PUTGRENT(3)