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getusershell(3C)					      getusershell(3C)

NAME
       getusershell(), setusershell(), endusershell() - get legal user shells

SYNOPSIS
   Obsolescent Interfaces
DESCRIPTION
       Returns a pointer to the first legal user shell
				as  defined  in	 the file (see shells(4)).  If
				does not exist or is not readable, returns the
				following standard system shells:

				as  if they were contained in The file is left
				open so that the next call  returns  the  next
				shell.	 A null pointer (0) is returned on EOF
				or error.

       Rewinds the file.

       Closes the file.

   Obsolescent Interfaces
       get legal user shells.

WARNINGS
       and are obsolescent interfaces  supported only for  compatibility  with
       existing	 DCE  applications.  New multithreaded applications should use
       and

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP and the University of California, Berkeley.

FILES
SEE ALSO
       shells(4), thread_safety(5).

							      getusershell(3C)

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