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GETPW(3)                  OpenBSD Programmer's Manual                 GETPW(3)

NAME
     getpw - get name from uid



SYNOPSIS
     getpw(uid, char *buf);

DESCRIPTION
     The getpw function is made obsolete by getpwuid(3).  It is available from
     the compatibility library, libcompat.

     The getpw() function reads the file /etc/passwd, and if it finds the
     specified uid, copies the password entry line into the string pointed to
     by buf. the null terminated entry line from the password database, and
     appends the NUL character.

RETURN VALUES
     The getpw() function returns the zero if successful, otherwise a non-zero
     if the entry does not exist.

FILES
     /etc/passwd

SEE ALSO
     getpwent(3),  passwd(5)

HISTORY
     A getpw() function appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

OpenBSD 2.6                      June 4, 1993                                1

Source: OpenBSD 2.6 man pages. Copyright: Portions are copyrighted by BERKELEY
SOFTWARE DESIGN, INC., The Regents of the University of California, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Free Software Foundation, FreeBSD Inc., and others.



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