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[project @ 1996-11-07 23:24:46 by jwe]
author jwe
date Thu, 07 Nov 1996 23:25:37 +0000
parents 1d7925d6bede
children 9823f8bfd1a5
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       setpwent  -- rewind the password-file stream
       endpwent  -- close the password-file stream
 
+  * Functions for getting info from the group database on Unix systems:
+
+      getgrent  -- read entry from group-file stream, opening if necessary
+      getgrgid  -- search for group entry with matching group ID
+      getgrnam  -- search for group entry with matching group name
+      setgrent  -- rewind the pgroup-file stream
+      endgrent  -- close the group-file stream
+
   * The New function octave_config_info returns a structure containing
     information about how Octave was configured and compiled.