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diff --git a/repo/gcc/getent.1 b/repo/gcc/getent.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0e07058 --- /dev/null +++ b/repo/gcc/getent.1 @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: getent.1,v 1.23 2011/10/11 20:39:40 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Luke Mewburn. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd October 11, 2011 +.Dt GETENT 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm getent +.Nd get entries from administrative databases +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm getent +.Ar database +.Op Ar key ... +.Nm getcap +.Ar database +.Op Ar key ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +program retrieves and displays entries from the administrative +database specified by +.Ar database , +using the lookup order specified in +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 . +The display format for a given +.Ar database +is as per the +.Dq traditional +file format for that database. +.Pp +.Ar database +may be one of: +.Bl -column "protocols" "user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell" -offset indent -compact +.It Sy Database Ta Sy Display format +.It disktab Ta entry +.It ethers Ta address name +.It gettytab Ta entry +.It group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...] +.It hosts Ta address name [alias ...] +.It netgroup Ta (host,user,domain) [...] +.It networks Ta name network [alias ...] +.It passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell +.It printcap Ta entry +.It protocols Ta name protocol [alias ...] +.It rpc Ta name number [alias ...] +.It services Ta name port/protocol [alias ...] +.It shells Ta /path/to/shell +.El +.Pp +If one or more +.Ar key +arguments are provided, they will be looked up in +.Ar database +using the appropriate function. +For example, +.Sy passwd +supports a numeric UID or user name; +.Sy hosts +supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name; +and +.Sy services +supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or +numeric port/protocol name. +.Pp +If no +.Ar key +is provided and +.Ar database +supports enumeration, all entries for +.Ar database +will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed. +.Pp +For +.Xr cgetcap 3 +style databases +.Sy ( disktab , +.Sy printcap ) +specifying a key, lists the entry for that key, and specifying more arguments +after the key are used as fields in that key, and only the values of the keys +are returned. +For boolean keys +.Dv true +is returned if the key is found. +If a key is not found, then +.Dv false +is always +returned. +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Nm +exits 0 on success, +1 if there was an error in the command syntax, +2 if one of the specified key names was not found in +.Ar database , +or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on +.Ar database . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr cgetcap 3 , +.Xr disktab 5 , +.Xr ethers 5 , +.Xr gettytab 5 , +.Xr group 5 , +.Xr hosts 5 , +.Xr networks 5 , +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , +.Xr passwd 5 , +.Xr printcap 5 , +.Xr protocols 5 , +.Xr rpc 5 , +.Xr services 5 , +.Xr shells 5 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.Nx 3.0 . +It was based on the command of the same name in +.Tn Solaris +and +.Tn Linux . |