getgrent_r(3) Library Functions Manual getgrent_r(3)
NAME
getgrent_r, fgetgrent_r - get group file entry reentrantly
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <grp.h>
int getgrent_r(struct group *restrict gbuf,
char buf[restrict .buflen], size_t buflen,
struct group **restrict gbufp);
int fgetgrent_r(FILE *restrict stream, struct group *restrict gbuf,
char buf[restrict .buflen], size_t buflen,
struct group **restrict gbufp);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
getgrent_r():
_GNU_SOURCE
fgetgrent_r():
Since glibc 2.19:
_DEFAULT_SOURCE
glibc 2.19 and earlier:
_SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The functions getgrent_r() and fgetgrent_r() are the reentrant versions
of getgrent(3) and fgetgrent(3). The former reads the next group entry
from the stream initialized by setgrent(3). The latter reads the next
group entry from stream.
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 */
};
For more information about the fields of this structure, see group(5).
The nonreentrant functions return a pointer to static storage, where
this static storage contains further pointers to group name, password,
and members. The reentrant functions described here return all of that
in caller-provided buffers. First of all there is the buffer gbuf that
can hold a struct group. And next the buffer buf of size buflen that
can hold additional strings. The result of these functions, the struct
group read from the stream, is stored in the provided buffer *gbuf, and
a pointer to this struct group is returned in *gbufp.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return 0 and *gbufp is a pointer to the
struct group. On error, these functions return an error value and
*gbufp is NULL.
ERRORS
ENOENT No more entries.
ERANGE Insufficient buffer space supplied. Try again with larger
buffer.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌───────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ getgrent_r() │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe race:grent locale │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ fgetgrent_r() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└───────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
In the above table, grent in race:grent signifies that if any of the
functions setgrent(3), getgrent(3), endgrent(3), or getgrent_r() are
used in parallel in different threads of a program, then data races
could occur.
VERSIONS
Other systems use the prototype
struct group *getgrent_r(struct group *grp, char *buf,
int buflen);
or, better,
int getgrent_r(struct group *grp, char *buf, int buflen,
FILE **gr_fp);
STANDARDS
GNU.
HISTORY
These functions are done in a style resembling the POSIX version of
functions like getpwnam_r(3).
NOTES
The function getgrent_r() is not really reentrant since it shares the
reading position in the stream with all other threads.
EXAMPLES
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <grp.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define BUFLEN 4096
int
main(void)
{
struct group grp;
struct group *grpp;
char buf[BUFLEN];
int i;
setgrent();
while (1) {
i = getgrent_r(&grp, buf, sizeof(buf), &grpp);
if (i)
break;
printf("%s (%jd):", grpp->gr_name, (intmax_t) grpp->gr_gid);
for (size_t j = 0; ; j++) {
if (grpp->gr_mem[j] == NULL)
break;
printf(" %s", grpp->gr_mem[j]);
}
printf("\n");
}
endgrent();
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
SEE ALSO
fgetgrent(3), getgrent(3), getgrgid(3), getgrnam(3), putgrent(3),
group(5)
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