PUTPWENT(3,L)               AIX Technical Reference               PUTPWENT(3,L)



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putpwent



PURPOSE

Writes a password file entry.

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc.a)

SYNTAX

#include <pwd.h>

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

DESCRIPTION

The putpwent subroutine writes a line on the stream specified by the f
parameter.  The stream that is written on matches the format of /etc/passwd.

The p parameter is a pointer to a passwd structure created by the getpwent,
getpwuid, or getpwnam subroutines.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, putpwent returns a value of 0.  If putpwent fails,
a nonzero value is returned.

RELATED INFORMATION

In this book:  "getpwent, getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent" and "passwd."


















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