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30 .TH GETUSERSHELL 3 2013-06-21 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
32 getusershell, setusershell, endusershell \- get permitted user shells
35 .B #include <unistd.h>
37 .B char *getusershell(void);
39 .B void setusershell(void);
41 .B void endusershell(void);
45 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
46 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
54 _BSD_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE\ <\ 500)
60 function returns the next line from the file
62 opening the file if necessary.
63 The line should contain
64 the pathname of a valid user shell.
74 were listed in the file.
88 function returns NULL on end-of-file.
94 .SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
100 functions are not thread-safe.