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.\" $OpenBSD: groupinfo.8,v 1.11 2007/05/31 19:20:30 jmc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: groupinfo.8,v 1.3 2000/10/03 19:32:23 bjh21 Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved.
.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" This product includes software developed by Alistair G. Crooks.
.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote
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.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
.Dt GROUPINFO 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm groupinfo
.Nd displays group information
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm groupinfo
.Op Fl ev
.Ar group
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility retrieves the group information from the system.
.Pp
The following command line options are recognised:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl e
return 0 if the group exists, and non-zero if the
group does not exist, on the system.
No information is displayed.
This form of the command is useful for
scripts which need to check whether a particular group
name or GID is already in use on the system.
.It Fl v
perform any actions in a verbose manner.
.El
.Pp
The
.Ar group
argument may either be a group's name, or a GID.
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 if the group name or GID exists, and non-zero if it does not.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/usermgmt.conf -compact
.It Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr usermgmt.conf 5
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Ox 2.7 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Alistair G. Crooks Aq agc@NetBSD.org .
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