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GETPW(3C)       DOMAIN/IX Reference Manual (SYS5)       GETPW(3C)



NAME
     getpw - get name from UID

USAGE
     int getpw (uid, buf)
     int uid;
     char *buf;

DESCRIPTION
     Getpw searches the password file for a user ID number that
     equals uid, copies the line of the password file in which
     uid was found into the array pointed to by buf, and returns
     zero.  Getpw returns non-zero if uid cannot be found.

     This routine is included for compatibility with prior
     release; see getpwent(3C) for alternate routines.

NOTES
     This routine uses <stdio.h>, which causes it to increase the
     size of programs that don't otherwise use standard I/O, more
     than you might expect.

FILES
     /etc/passwd

DIAGNOSTICS
     Getpw returns non-zero on error.

RELATED INFORMATION
     getpwent(3C), passwd(4)

























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