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.\" Copyright 2003 Walter Harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
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.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later
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.TH putgrent 3 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.04"
.SH NAME
putgrent \- write a group database entry to a file
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" "         /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
.B #include <grp.h>
.PP
.BI "int putgrent(const struct group *restrict " grp \
", FILE *restrict " stream );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR putgrent ()
function is the counterpart for
.BR fgetgrent (3).
The function writes the content of the provided
.I struct group
into the
.IR stream .
The list of group members must be NULL-terminated or NULL-initialized.
.PP
The
.I struct group
is defined as follows:
.PP
.in +4n
.EX
struct group {
    char   *gr_name;      /* group name */
    char   *gr_passwd;    /* group password */
    gid_t   gr_gid;       /* group ID */
    char  **gr_mem;       /* group members */
};
.EE
.in
.SH RETURN VALUE
The function returns zero on success, and a nonzero value on error.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
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Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.BR putgrent ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE
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.SH STANDARDS
GNU.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR fgetgrent (3),
.BR getgrent (3),
.BR group (5)