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GROUPINFO(8)            NetBSD System Manager's Manual            GROUPINFO(8)


NAME

     groupinfo -- displays group information


SYNOPSIS

     groupinfo [-ev] group


DESCRIPTION

     The groupinfo utility retrieves the group information from the system.
     The groupinfo utility is only available if built with EXTENSIONS.  See
     group(8) for more information.

     The following command line options are recognised:

     -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.

     -v      Perform any actions in a verbose manner.

     The group argument may either be a group's name, or a gid.


EXIT STATUS

     The groupinfo utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.


FILES

     /etc/usermgmt.conf


SEE ALSO

     passwd(5), group(8)


HISTORY

     The groupinfo utility first appeared in NetBSD 1.5.  It is based on the
     addnerd package by the same author.


AUTHORS

     The groupinfo utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>.

NetBSD 5.1                     November 7, 2005                     NetBSD 5.1