GETPW

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: deprecated
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NAME

getpw - get name from UID  

SYNOPSIS

getpw(uid, buf)
char *buf;  

DESCRIPTION

Getpw searches the password file for the (numerical) uid, and fills in buf with the corresponding line; it returns non-zero if uid could not be found. The line is null-terminated.  

FILES

/etc/passwd  

SEE ALSO

getpwent(3), passwd(5)  

DIAGNOSTICS

Non-zero return on error.


 

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