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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1996-12-19 13:53:16 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1996-12-19 13:53:16 +0000
commitb3a49ee8d0391d48d588888ae5df5554236bd461 (patch)
tree23bfe4ad43adf5b1187d1f60873daa3586e2a85f /lib
parent35b886ad7b968e92b15ec5e0a4c36163016b0710 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-b3a49ee8d0391d48d588888ae5df5554236bd461.tar.xz
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+/* provide consistent interface to getgroups for systems that don't allow N==0
+ Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+/* written by Jim Meyering */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+char *xmalloc ();
+
+/* On Ultrix 4.3, getgroups (0, 0) always fails.
+ This function handles that special case and lets the system-
+ provided function handle all others. */
+
+int
+getgroups (n, group)
+ size_t n;
+ GETGROUPS_T *group;
+{
+ int ng;
+ GETGROUPS_T *gbuf;
+
+#undef getgroups
+
+ if (n != 0)
+ return getgroups (n, group);
+
+ n = 20;
+ gbuf = NULL;
+ while (1)
+ {
+ gbuf = (GETGROUPS_T *) xrealloc (gbuf, n * sizeof (GETGROUPS_T));
+ ng = getgroups (n, gbuf);
+ if (ng < n)
+ break;
+ n += 10;
+ }
+
+ free (gbuf);
+
+ return ng;
+}