6.21.4.1 Unix Group

Builtin Class: <sys-group>

Unix group information. Has following slots.

Instance Variable: <sys-group> name

Group name.

Instance Variable: <sys-group> gid

Group id.

Instance Variable: <sys-group> passwd

Group password.

Instance Variable: <sys-group> mem

List of user names who are in this group.

Function: sys-getgrgid gid

Function: sys-getgrnam name

[POSIX] Returns <sys-group> object from an integer group id gid or a group name name, respectively. If the specified group doesn't exist, #f is returned.

Function: sys-gid->group->name gid

Function: sys-group-name->gid name

Convenience function to convert between group id and group name.