On Fri, 1 May 2020 at 09:13, Helge Kreutzmann <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Michael, > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:54:57AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > > On 4/19/20 8:48 AM, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > > explain|reword "broken-out" or skip it > > > > > > "The B<getgrent>() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the " > > > "broken-out fields of a record in the group database (e.g., the local group " > > > "file I</etc/group>, NIS, and LDAP). The first time B<getgrent>() is " > > > "called, it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive " > > > "entries." > > > > I don't really see what the problem is. "broken-out" seems > > reasonably clear to me. I'm ignoring this for now. > > I then assume that it is a synonym for "extracted" or "taken out". Yes. The fields are "broken out" from the "complete" record in the database. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
