Method: Puppet::Etc.group

Defined in:
lib/puppet/etc.rb

.group ⇒ Object

This method is part of a private API. You should avoid using this method if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future.

Etc::group returns a Ruby iterator that executes a block for each entry in the /etc/group file. The code-block is passed a Group struct. See getgrent above for more details.



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# File 'lib/puppet/etc.rb', line 110

def group
  # The implementation here duplicates the logic in https://github.com/ruby/etc/blob/master/ext/etc/etc.c#L523-L537
  # Note that we do not call ::Etc.group directly, because we
  # want to use our wrappers for methods like getgrent, setgrent,
  # endgrent, etc.
  return getgrent unless block_given?

  setgrent
  begin
    while cur_group = getgrent # rubocop:disable Lint/AssignmentInCondition
      yield cur_group
    end
  ensure
    endgrent
  end
end