getpw() — unbundled ODT_SDS



     GETPW(S)                  UNIX System V                  GETPW(S)



     Name
          getpw - get name from UID

     Syntax
          int getpw (uid, buf)
          int uid;
          char *buf;

     Description
          The getpw function searches the password file for a user ID
          number that equals uid, copies the line of the password file
          in which uid was found into the array pointed to by buf, and
          returns 0.  getpw returns non-zero if uid cannot be found.

          This routine is included only for compatibility with prior
          systems and should not be used; see getpwent(S) for routines
          to use instead.

     Files
          /etc/passwd

     See Also
          getpwent(S), passwd(F)

     Diagnostics
          The getpw function returns non-zero on error.

     Warning
          The above routine uses <stdio.h>, which causes it to
          increase, more than might be expected, the size of programs
          not otherwise using standard I/O.

     Standards Conformance
          getpw is conformant with:
          The X/Open Portability Guide II of January 1987.


                                             (printed 6/20/89)
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