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getpwent(3)

passwd(4)

getpw(3)  —  Subroutines

Digital

NAME

getpw − get name from uid

SYNOPSIS

getpw (
uid_t uid,
char ∗buf );

DESCRIPTION

The getpw routine has been superseded by getpwuid.  See getpwent(3). 

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

ERRORS

Nonzero return on error. 

FILES

/etc/passwd

RELATED INFORMATION

getpwent(3), passwd(4)

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