getpw(3) — Subroutines
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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The getpw routine has been superseded by getpwuid.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