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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1985 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)getusershell.3      6.2 (Berkeley) 12/1/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH GETUSERSHELL 3  "December 1, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 6
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: getusershell, setusershell, endusershell \- get legal user shells
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .nf
        !            13: .B char *getusershell()
        !            14: .PP
        !            15: .B setusershell()
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: .B endusershell()
        !            18: .fi
        !            19: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            20: .I Getusershell
        !            21: returns a pointer to a legal user shell as defined by the
        !            22: system manager in the file 
        !            23: .IR /etc/shells .
        !            24: If 
        !            25: .I /etc/shells
        !            26: is unreadable or does not exist,
        !            27: .I getusershell
        !            28: behaves as if
        !            29: .I /bin/sh
        !            30: and
        !            31: .I /bin/csh
        !            32: were listed in the file.
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: .I Getusershell
        !            35: reads the next
        !            36: line (opening the file if necessary);
        !            37: .I setusershell
        !            38: rewinds the file;
        !            39: .I endusershell
        !            40: closes it.
        !            41: .SH FILES
        !            42: /etc/shells
        !            43: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            44: shells(5)
        !            45: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            46: The routine
        !            47: .I getusershell
        !            48: returns a null pointer (0) on EOF.
        !            49: .SH BUGS
        !            50: All information
        !            51: is contained in a static area
        !            52: so it must be copied if it is
        !            53: to be saved.

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