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".

Thanks.

Greetings

          Helge
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