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+.\"	$NetBSD: getusershell.3,v 1.3 1995/02/27 04:13:24 cgd Exp $
+.\"
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+.\"     @(#)getusershell.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt GETUSERSHELL 3
+.Os BSD 4.3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm getusershell ,
+.Nm setusershell ,
+.Nm endusershell
+.Nd get legal user shells
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Ft char *
+.Fn getusershell void
+.Ft void
+.Fn setusershell void
+.Ft void
+.Fn endusershell void
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn getusershell
+function
+returns a pointer to a legal user shell as defined by the
+system manager in the file 
+.Pa /etc/shells .
+If 
+.Pa /etc/shells
+is unreadable or does not exist,
+.Fn getusershell
+behaves as if
+.Pa /bin/sh
+and
+.Pa /bin/csh
+were listed in the file.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn getusershell
+function
+reads the next
+line (opening the file if necessary);
+.Fn setusershell
+rewinds the file;
+.Fn endusershell
+closes it.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/shells -compact
+.It Pa /etc/shells
+.El
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+The routine
+.Fn getusershell
+returns a null pointer (0) on
+.Dv EOF .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr shells 5
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn getusershell
+function appeared in 
+.Bx 4.3 .
+.Sh BUGS
+The
+.Fn getusershell
+function leaves its result in an internal static object and returns
+a pointer to that object. Subsequent calls to
+.Fn getusershell
+will modify the same object.