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| 4088dad4 | 1 | .\" @(#)getpw.3 5.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 1caf41fc | 2 | .\" |
| 4088dad4 | 3 | .TH GETPW 3C "19 January 1983" |
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4 | .AT 3 |
| 5 | .SH NAME | |
| 6 | getpw \- get name from uid | |
| 7 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 8 | .nf | |
| 9 | .B getpw(uid, buf) | |
| 10 | .B char *buf; | |
| 11 | .fi | |
| 12 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
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13 | .ft B |
| 14 | Getpw is obsoleted by getpwuid(3). | |
| 15 | .ft R | |
| 16 | .PP | |
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17 | .I Getpw |
| 18 | searches the password file for | |
| 19 | the (numerical) | |
| 20 | .IR uid ", and fills in " "buf" | |
| 21 | with the corresponding line; | |
| 22 | it returns non-zero if | |
| 23 | .IR uid "" | |
| 24 | could not | |
| 25 | be found. | |
| 26 | The line is null-terminated. | |
| 27 | .SH FILES | |
| 28 | /etc/passwd | |
| 29 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 30 | getpwent(3), | |
| 31 | passwd(5) | |
| 32 | .SH DIAGNOSTICS | |
| 33 | Non-zero | |
| 34 | return on error. |