GETPW(3C) (C Programming Language Utilities) GETPW(3C)
NAME
getpw - get name from UID
SYNOPSIS
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
0. getpw returns non-zero if uid cannot be found.
This routine is included only for compatibility with prior
systems and should not be used; see getpwent(3C) for
routines to use instead.
FILES
/etc/passwd
SEE ALSO
getpwent(3C), passwd(4).
DIAGNOSTICS
getpw returns non-zero on error.
WARNING
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.
Page 1 May 1989