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34.\" @(#)getgroups.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/16/94
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36.Dd April 16, 1994
37.Dt GETGROUPS 2
38.Os BSD 4.2
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm getgroups
41.Nd get group access list
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Fd #include <unistd.h>
44.Ft int
45.Fo getgroups
46.Fa "int gidsetsize"
47.Fa "gid_t grouplist[]"
48.Fc
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50.Fn Getgroups
51gets the current group access list of the current user process
52and stores it in the array
53.Fa grouplist[] .
54The parameter
55.Fa gidsetsize
56indicates the number of entries that may be placed in
57.Fa grouplist[] .
58.Fn Getgroups
59returns the actual number of groups returned in
60.Fa grouplist[] .
61No more than
62.Dv {NGROUPS_MAX}
63will ever
64be returned.
65If
66.Fa gidsetsize
67is 0,
68.Fn getgroups
69returns the number of groups without modifying the
70.Fa grouplist[]
71array.
72.Sh RETURN VALUES
73A successful call returns the number of groups in the group set.
74Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and the global integer variable
75.Va errno
76is set to indicate the error.
77.Sh ERRORS
78The possible errors for
79.Fn getgroups
80are:
81.Bl -tag -width Er
82.\" ==========
83.It Bq Er EFAULT
84The argument
85.Fa grouplist
86specifies an invalid address.
87.\" ==========
88.It Bq Er EINVAL
89The argument
90.Fa gidsetsize ,
91although non-zero,
92is smaller than the number of groups in the group set.
93.El
94.Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS
95.Fd #include <sys/param.h>
96.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
97.Fd #include <unistd.h>
98.Pp
99The include files
100.In sys/param.h
101and
102.In sys/types.h
103are necessary.
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr setgroups 2 ,
106.Xr initgroups 3 ,
107.Xr compat 5
108.Sh HISTORY
109The
110.Fn getgroups
111function call appeared in
112.Bx 4.2 .