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getpw(3)

NAME

getpw - get name from uid

SYNOPSIS

getpw ( uid_t uid, char *buf );

DESCRIPTION

The getpw routine has been superseded by getpwuid. See getpwent(3). The getpw routine searches the password file for the (numerical) uid, and fills in buf with the corresponding line; it returns nonzero if uid could not be found. The line is null terminated.

ERRORS

Nonzero return on error.

FILES

/etc/passwd

RELATED INFORMATION

getpwent(3), passwd(4)

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