vigr(8)

vigr8

Edit the group file

Usage

vigr [-d directory]

Overview

The vigr utility makes a temporary copy of the group file, allows the user to edit it, then verifies that the edited file is valid before installing it.

The following options are available:

-d directory

Edit the group file in the specified directory instead of the default /etc/group.

Environment

EDITOR

The editor to use instead of vi(1).

TMPDIR

The directory in which to store the temporary copy of the group file.

Releases

27 releases since FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE; the text changed 13 times.

  1. 10.3
  2. 10.4
  3. 11.0
  4. 11.1
  5. 11.2
  6. 11.3
  7. 11.4
  8. 12.0
  9. 12.1
  10. 12.2
  11. 12.3
  12. 12.4
  13. 13.0–13.2
  14. 13.3–16.0

History

The vigr utility appeared in FreeBSD 11.0.

Authors

The vigr utility and this manual page were written by Dag-Erling Smørgrav ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.