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). RETURN VALUE putpwent returns nonzero if an error was detected during its operation; otherwise it returns zero. SEE ALSO getpwent(3C). WARNINGS The above routine uses <stdio.h>. Therefore, the size of programs not otherwise using standard I/O is increased more than might be expected. April, 1990 1