putpwent(3C)                                         putpwent(3C)



     NAME
          putpwent - write password file entry

     SYNOPSIS
          #include <pwd.h>

          int putpwent (p, f)
          struct passwd *p;
          FILE *f;

     DESCRIPTION
          putpwent is the inverse of getpwent(3C).  Given a pointer to
          a passwd structure created by getpwent (or getpwuid or
          getpwnam), putpwuid writes a line on the stream f which
          matches the format of /etc/passwd.

          The <pwd.h> header file is described in getpwent(3C).

     SEE ALSO
          getpwent(3C).

     DIAGNOSTICS
          putpwent returns non-zero if an error was detected during
          its operation; otherwise it returns zero.

     WARNING
          The above routine uses <stdio.h>. Therefore, the size of
          programs not otherwise using standard I/O is increased more
          than might be expected.


























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