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getpwent(3V)

passwd(5)

GETPW(3)  —  C LIBRARY FUNCTIONS

NAME

getpw − get name from uid

SYNOPSIS

getpw(uid, buf)
char ∗buf;

DESCRIPTION

getpw() is obsoleted by getpwent(3V). 

getpw() searches the password file for the (numerical) uid, and fills in buf with the corresponding line; it returns non-zero if uid could not be found.  The line is null-terminated. 

FILES

/etc/passwd

SEE ALSO

getpwent(3V), passwd(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

Non-zero return on error. 

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  6 October 1987

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