SETGRENT(3P)

💖 SETGRENT(3P) — POSIX Programmer's Manual 💖

okay bestie, so this one lives in the POSIX Programmer's Manual (yes, that's the manual name, it's giving ✨standards✨). Quick vibe check before we dive in: this is the POSIX spec version of the page, so heads up 👇

🌸 PROLOG 🌸

okay so real talk, this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ — like, consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior, fr fr — or honestly? the interface may just not be implemented on Linux at all. 🙈 So don't come for me if it's not there.

✨ NAME ✨

setgrent — reset the group database to the first entry 🫶

like, it rewinds the whole group database back to the very beginning. main character move honestly.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <grp.h>

void setgrent(void);

no return value, no arguments, just vibes 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so the actual description… go read endgrent(). for real. that's it. that's the whole description. they said "refer to endgrent()" and honestly? iconic of them. 👑

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.

so like, if there's EVER any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard — bestie, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. periodt. it wins. no cap.

The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this gorgeous lil drop came to you courtesy of IEEE/The Open Group, 2017 — mwah, love that for them 💜✨