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add {strcat,strcmp,strcpy}n.c; they aren't Sys V routines, they're
[unix-history]
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usr
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src
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lib
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libcompat
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4.1
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getpw.3
.\" @(#)getpw.3 6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH GETPW 3C ""
.AT 3
.SH NAME
getpw \- get name from uid
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B getpw(uid, buf)
.B char *buf;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.ft B
Getpw is made obsolete by getpwuid(3).
.ft R
.PP
.I Getpw
searches the password file for
the (numerical)
.IR uid ", and fills in " "buf"
with the corresponding line;
it returns non-zero if
.IR uid ""
could not
be found.
The line is null-terminated.
.SH FILES
/etc/passwd
.SH "SEE ALSO"
getpwent(3),
passwd(5)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Non-zero
return on error.