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34.Dd November 30, 1999
35.Dt GROUP 8
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm group
39.Nd manage group information on the system
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm ""
42.Cm add
43.Op Fl ov
44.Op Fl g Ar gid
45.Ar group
46.Nm ""
47.Cm del
48.Op Fl v
49.Ar group
50.Nm ""
51.Cm info
52.Op Fl ev
53.Ar group
54.Nm ""
55.Cm mod
56.Op Fl ov
57.Op Fl g Ar gid
58.Op Fl n Ar newname
59.Ar group
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm
63utility acts as a frontend to the
64.Xr groupadd 8 ,
65.Xr groupmod 8 ,
66.Xr groupinfo 8 ,
67and
68.Xr groupdel 8
69commands.
70.Pp
71For a full explanation of the options, please see the relevant manual page.
72.Pp
73The
74.Nm
75utility exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs.
76.Sh SEE ALSO
77.Xr group 5 ,
78.Xr groupadd 8 ,
79.Xr groupdel 8 ,
80.Xr groupinfo 8 ,
81.Xr groupmod 8
82.Sh HISTORY
83The
84.Nm
85utility first appeared in
86.Nx 1.5 .
87It is based on the
88.Ar addnerd
89package by the same author.
90.Sh AUTHORS
91The
92.Nm
93utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks (agc@netbsd.org).
94