getgrnam() -- General Function (libc)

Get group file information, by group name
#include <grp.h>
struct group *getgrnam(gname);
char *gname;

getgrnam() searches  file /etc/group for the first entry  with a group name
of gname.  It returns a pointer  to the entry for gname if  it is found; it
returns NULL for any error or if the end of the file is encountered.

Files

/etc/group
<grp.h>

See Also

group,
libc
POSIX Standard, §9.2.1

Notes

All structures  and information returned  are in a static  area internal to
getgrnam(). Therefore,  information from a previous  call is overwritten by
each subsequent call.

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness