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author | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +0000 |
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committer | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +0000 |
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tree | a18a706dffa5baf86a3b12bbfb4f81caa097f349 /lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3 | |
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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..48aa859 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3 @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)getusershell.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt GETUSERSHELL 3 +.Os BSD 4.3 +.Sh NAME +.Nm getusershell , +.Nm setusershell , +.Nm endusershell +.Nd get legal user shells +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Ft char * +.Fn getusershell void +.Ft void +.Fn setusershell void +.Ft void +.Fn endusershell void +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn getusershell +function +returns a pointer to a legal user shell as defined by the +system manager in the file +.Pa /etc/shells . +If +.Pa /etc/shells +is unreadable or does not exist, +.Fn getusershell +behaves as if +.Pa /bin/sh +and +.Pa /bin/csh +were listed in the file. +.Pp +The +.Fn getusershell +function +reads the next +line (opening the file if necessary); +.Fn setusershell +rewinds the file; +.Fn endusershell +closes it. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/shells -compact +.It Pa /etc/shells +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +The routine +.Fn getusershell +returns a null pointer (0) on +.Dv EOF . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr shells 5 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn getusershell +function appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . +.Sh BUGS +The +.Fn getusershell +function leaves its result in an internal static object and returns +a pointer to that object. Subsequent calls to +.Fn getusershell +will modify the same object. |