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34.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
35.Dt GROUPINFO 8
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm groupinfo
39.Nd displays group information
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm groupinfo
42.Op Fl ev
43.Ar group
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm
47utility retrieves the group information from the system.
48.Pp
49The following command line options are recognised:
50.Bl -tag -width Ds
51.It Fl e
52return 0 if the group exists, and non-zero if the
53group does not exist, on the system.
54No information is displayed.
55This form of the command is useful for
56scripts which need to check whether a particular group
57name or GID is already in use on the system.
58.It Fl v
59perform any actions in a verbose manner.
60.El
61.Pp
62The
63.Ar group
64argument may either be a group's name, or a GID.
65.Pp
66The
67.Nm
68utility exits 0 if the group name or GID exists, and non-zero if it does not.
69.Sh FILES
70.Bl -tag -width /etc/usermgmt.conf -compact
71.It Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf
72.El
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Xr passwd 5 ,
75.Xr usermgmt.conf 5
76.Sh HISTORY
77The
78.Nm
79utility first appeared in
80.Ox 2.7 .
81.Sh AUTHORS
82The
83.Nm
84utility was written by
85.An Alistair G. Crooks Aq agc@NetBSD.org .
86