putpwent(3)                         CLIX                         putpwent(3)



  NAME

    putpwent - Writes a password file entry

  LIBRARY

    Standard C Library (libc.a)

  SYNOPSIS

    #include <pwd.h>

    int putpwent(
      struct passwd *p ,
      FILE *f );

  PARAMETERS

    p   A pointer to a password structure

    f   A pointer to a stream

  DESCRIPTION

    The putpwent() function is the inverse of getpwent().  Given a pointer to
    a passwd structure created by getpwent() [or getpwuid() or getpwnam()],
    putpwent() writes a line on the stream f, which matches the format of
    /etc/passwd.

  FILES

    /etc/passwd

  CAUTIONS

    The above function uses <stdio.h> which can cause a program (not using
    standard I/O) to increase in size more than expected.

  RETURN VALUES

    The putpwent() function returns a nonzero if an error is detected when it
    operates; otherwise, a 0.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Function:  getpwent(3)








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