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class · Ruby 3.2
Etc::Group
< Struct
1 class methods
Group is a placeholder Struct for user group database on Unix systems.
The struct contains the following members
- name
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contains the name of the group as a
String. - passwd
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contains the encrypted password as a
String. An'x'is returned if password access to the group is not available; an empty string is returned if no password is needed to obtain membership of the group. This is system-dependent. - gid
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contains the group’s numeric ID as an integer.
- mem
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is an
Arrayof Strings containing the short login names of the members of the group.