class method
Etc.getgrnam
(::String name) -> ::Etc::Group
getgrnam(name) → Etc::Group
ext/etc/etc.c
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static VALUE
etc_getgrnam(VALUE obj, VALUE nam)
{
#ifdef HAVE_GETGRENT
struct group *grp;
const char *p = StringValueCStr(nam);
grp = getgrnam(p);
if (grp == 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "can't find group for %"PRIsVALUE, nam);
return setup_group(grp);
#else
return Qnil;
#endif
}
Returns information about the group with specified name, as found in /etc/group.
The information is returned as a Group struct.
See the unix manpage for getgrnam(3) for more detail.
Example:
Example
Etc.getgrnam('users') #=> #<struct Etc::Group name="users", passwd="x", gid=100, mem=["meta", "root"]>