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25.TH GROUP_MEMBER 3 2014-03-30 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
26.SH NAME
27group_member \- test whether a process is in a group
28.SH SYNOPSIS
29.B #include <unistd.h>
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34Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
35.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
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38.BR group_member ():
39_GNU_SOURCE
40.SH DESCRIPTION
41The
42.BR group_member ()
43function tests whether any of the caller's supplementary group IDs
44(as returned by
45.BR getgroups (2))
46matches
47.IR gid .
48.SH RETURN VALUE
49The
50.BR group_member ()
51function returns nonzero if any of the caller's
52supplementary group IDs matches
53.IR gid ,
54and zero otherwise.
55.SH CONFORMING TO
56This function is a nonstandard GNU extension.
57.SH SEE ALSO
58.BR getgid (2),
59.BR getgroups (2),
60.BR getgrouplist (3),
61.BR group (5)