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



NAME
       fgetgrent - get group file entry

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <grp.h>

       struct group *fgetgrent(FILE *stream);

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

       fgetgrent():
	   Since glibc 2.19:
	       _DEFAULT_SOURCE
	   Glibc 2.19 and earlier:
	       _SVID_SOURCE

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 <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;	       /* NULL-terminated array of pointers
					  to names of 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.

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

       +------------+---------------+--------------------------+
       |Interface   | Attribute	    | Value		       |
       +------------+---------------+--------------------------+
       |fgetgrent() | Thread safety | MT-Unsafe race:fgetgrent |
       +------------+---------------+--------------------------+
CONFORMING TO
       SVr4.

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

COLOPHON
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GNU				  2016-03-15			  FGETGRENT(3)