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class System::Group
inherits Reference

Represents a group of users on the host system.

Groups can be retrieved by either group name or their group ID:

require "system/group"

System::Group.find_by name: "staff"
System::Group.find_by id: "0"

Extended modules

Crystal::System::Group

Class methods

.find_by(*, name : String)

Returns the group associated with the given name.

Raises NotFoundError if no such group exists.

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.find_by(*, id : String)

Returns the group associated with the given ID.

Raises NotFoundError if no such group exists.

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.find_by?(*, name : String)

Returns the group associated with the given name.

Returns nil if no such group exists.

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.find_by?(*, id : String)

Returns the group associated with the given ID.

Returns nil if no such group exists.

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Methods

#==(other : self)

Returns true if this reference is the same as other. Invokes same?.

#hash(hasher)

See Object#hash(hasher)

#id : String

The group's identifier.

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#name : String

The group's name.

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#to_s(io)

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