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<h4 class="subsection">29.14.1 The Data Structure for a Group</h4>
<p>The functions and data structures for accessing the system group
database are declared in the header file <samp><span class="file">grp.h</span></samp>.
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&mdash; Data Type: <b>struct group</b><var><a name="index-struct-group-3410"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>The <code>group</code> structure is used to hold information about an entry in
the system group database. It has at least the following members:
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<dt><code>char *gr_name</code><dd>The name of the group.
<br><dt><code>gid_t gr_gid</code><dd>The group ID of the group.
<br><dt><code>char **gr_mem</code><dd>A vector of pointers to the names of users in the group. Each user name
is a null-terminated string, and the vector itself is terminated by a
null pointer.
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