PUTGRENT(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		  PUTGRENT(3)



NAME
       putgrent - write a group database entry to a file

SYNOPSIS
       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include 

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

DESCRIPTION
       The putgrent() function is the counterpart for fgetgrent(3).  The func
       tion 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.

CONFORMING TO
       This function is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO
       fgetgrent(3), getgrent(3), group(5), feature_test_macros(7)

COLOPHON
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       description  of	the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



GNU				  2003-09-09			   PUTGRENT(3)