void setaliasent(void);
void endaliasent(void);
struct aliasent *getaliasent(void);
int getaliasent_r(struct aliasent *result,
char *buffer, size_t buflen, struct aliasent **res);
struct aliasent *getaliasbyname(const char *name);
int getaliasbyname_r(const char *name, struct aliasent *result,
char *buffer, size_t buflen, struct aliasent **res);
The getaliasent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the group information from the aliases database. The first time it is called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive entries.
The setaliasent() function rewinds the file pointer to the beginning of the aliases database.
The endaliasent() function closes the aliases database.
getaliasent_r() is the reentrant version of the previous function. The requested structure is stored via the first argument but the programmer needs to fill the other arguments also. Not providing enough space causes the function to fail.
The function getaliasbyname() takes the name argument and searches the aliases database. The entry is returned as a pointer to a struct aliasent.
getaliasbyname_r() is the reentrant version of the previous function. The requested structure is stored via the second argument but the programmer needs to fill the other arguments also. Not providing enough space causes the function to fail.
The struct aliasent is defined in <aliases.h>:
struct aliasent {
char *alias_name; /* alias name */
size_t alias_members_len;
char **alias_members; /* alias name list */
int alias_local;
};
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| setaliasent(), endaliasent(), getaliasent_r(), getaliasbyname_r() | Thread safety | MT-Safe locale |
| getaliasent(), getaliasbyname() | Thread safety | MT-Unsafe |
#include <aliasdb.h> void alias_setent(void); void alias_endent(void); alias_ent *alias_getent(void); alias_ent *alias_getbyname(char *name);
#include <aliases.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <errno.h> int main(void) { struct aliasent *al; setaliasent(); for (;;) { al = getaliasent(); if (al == NULL) break; printf("Name: %s\n", al->alias_name); } if (errno) { perror("reading alias"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } endaliasent(); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); }