NetBSD-5.0.2/usr.sbin/user/groupinfo.8

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.Dd November 7, 2005
.Dt GROUPINFO 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm groupinfo
.Nd displays group information
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl ev
.Ar group
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility retrieves the group information from the system.
The
.Nm
utility is only available if built with
.Dv EXTENSIONS .
See
.Xr group 8
for more information.
.Pp
The following command line options are recognised:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl e
Return 0 if the group exists, and non-zero if the
group does not exist, on the system.
No information is displayed.
This form of the command is useful for
scripts which need to check whether a particular group
name or gid is already in use on the system.
.It Fl v
Perform any actions in a verbose manner.
.El
.Pp
The
.Ar group
argument may either be a group's name, or a gid.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std groupinfo
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/usermgmt.conf -compact
.It Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr group 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Nx 1.5 .
It is based on the
.Ar addnerd
package by the same author.
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Alistair G. Crooks
.Aq agc@NetBSD.org .