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c268a440 | 1 | .\" @(#)getpw.3 6.2 (Berkeley) %G% |
1caf41fc | 2 | .\" |
09133b49 | 3 | .TH GETPW 3C "" |
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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 | |
4088dad4 | 13 | .ft B |
c268a440 | 14 | Getpw is made obsolete by getpwuid(3). |
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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. |