Re: getgrnam(3) bug

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From: Ian Donaldson
Date: Thu, 26 May 1988 00:57

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From article <123000002@ishmael>, by cball@ishmael:
>>/* ---------- "getgrnam(3) bug" ---------- */
>>		testgroup:*:1234:somebodyelse
>>		testgroup:*:1234:myself
> 
> This proposed format significantly changes the semantics of the group file.
> A more natural extension would be the use of a line continuation character.
> I suggest the following:
> 
> 		testgroup:*:1234:somebody,somebodyelse,\
> 		myself,yourself

Whilst this sounds a good idea initially, I suspect it would break more
code than its worth.

How many of you use "cut -d: -f1 /etc/group | something" ...

I suspect a lot of maintenance scripts out there would break instantly.
 
Ian D

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From: rcodi@yabbie.rmit.oz (Ian Donaldson)
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Subject: Re: getgrnam(3) bug
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Date: 26 May 88 00:57:04 GMT
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