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in a bunch of man pages. Use the correct .Bx (BSD UNIX) or .At (AT&T UNIX) macros instead of explicitly specifying the version in the text in a bunch of man pages.
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.\" @(#)getgroups.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/16/94
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.\"
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.Dd April 16, 1994
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.Dt GETGROUPS 2
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.Os BSD 4.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getgroups
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.Nd get group access list
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/param.h>
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.Fd #include <unistd.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn getgroups "int gidsetlen" "gid_t *gidset"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Fn Getgroups
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gets the current group access list of the user process
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and stores it in the array
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.Fa gidset .
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The parameter
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.Fa gidsetlen
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indicates the number of entries that may be placed in
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.Fa gidset .
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.Fn Getgroups
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returns the actual number of groups returned in
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.Fa gidset .
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No more than
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.Dv NGROUPS ,
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as defined in
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.Aq Pa sys/param.h ,
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will ever
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be returned.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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A successful call returns the number of groups in the group set.
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A value of -1 indicates that an error occurred, and the error
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code is stored in the global variable
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.Va errno .
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.Sh ERRORS
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The possible errors for
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.Fn getgroups
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are:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The argument
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.Fa gidsetlen
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is smaller than the number of groups in the group set.
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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The argument
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.Fa gidset
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specifies
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an invalid address.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr setgroups 2 ,
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.Xr initgroups 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn getgroups
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function call appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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