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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1985 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| 778f0f70 | 3 | .\" |
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| 8 | .\" distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed | |
| 9 | .\" by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the | |
| 10 | .\" University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived | |
| 11 | .\" from this software without specific prior written permission. | |
| 12 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR | |
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| 16 | .\" @(#)getusershell.3 6.3 (Berkeley) %G% | |
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17 | .\" |
| 18 | .TH GETUSERSHELL 3 "" | |
| 19 | .UC 6 | |
| 20 | .SH NAME | |
| 21 | getusershell, setusershell, endusershell \- get legal user shells | |
| 22 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 23 | .nf | |
| 24 | .B char *getusershell() | |
| 25 | .PP | |
| 26 | .B setusershell() | |
| 27 | .PP | |
| 28 | .B endusershell() | |
| 29 | .fi | |
| 30 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 31 | .I Getusershell | |
| 32 | returns a pointer to a legal user shell as defined by the | |
| 33 | system manager in the file | |
| 34 | .IR /etc/shells . | |
| 35 | If | |
| 36 | .I /etc/shells | |
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37 | is unreadable or does not exist, |
| 38 | .I getusershell | |
| 39 | behaves as if | |
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40 | .I /bin/sh |
| 41 | and | |
| 42 | .I /bin/csh | |
| fe953ca4 | 43 | were listed in the file. |
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44 | .PP |
| 45 | .I Getusershell | |
| 46 | reads the next | |
| 47 | line (opening the file if necessary); | |
| 48 | .I setusershell | |
| 49 | rewinds the file; | |
| 50 | .I endusershell | |
| 51 | closes it. | |
| 52 | .SH FILES | |
| 53 | /etc/shells | |
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54 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 55 | shells(5) | |
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56 | .SH DIAGNOSTICS |
| 57 | The routine | |
| 58 | .I getusershell | |
| fe953ca4 | 59 | returns a null pointer (0) on EOF. |
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60 | .SH BUGS |
| 61 | All information | |
| 62 | is contained in a static area | |
| 63 | so it must be copied if it is | |
| 64 | to be saved. |