getpw(3C)
NAME
getpw() − get name from UID
SYNOPSIS
#include <pwd.h>
int getpw(uid_t 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 0. getpw() returns non-zero if uid cannot be found. The line is null-terminated.
This routine is included only for compatibility with prior systems, and should not be used; see getpwent(3C) for routines to use instead.
NETWORKING FEATURES
NFS
This routine is implemented using getpwuid() (see getpwuid(3C)) and therefore uses the Network Information Service network database as described in passwd(4).
RETURN VALUE
getpw() returns non-zero on error.
WARNINGS
The above routine uses <stdio.h>, which causes it to increase, more than might be expected, the size of programs not otherwise using standard I/O.
AUTHOR
getpw() was developed by AT&T and HP.
FILES
/etc/passwd
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
getpw(): XPG2
Hewlett-Packard Company — HP-UX Release 10.20: July 1996