PUTPWENT(3C) (C Programming Language Utilities) 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), putpwent writes a line on the stream f, which
matches the format of /etc/passwd.
SEE ALSO
getpwent(3C).
DIAGNOSTICS
putpwent returns non-zero if an error was detected during
its operation, otherwise zero.
WARNING
The above routine uses <stdio.h>, which causes it to
increase the size of programs, not otherwise using standard
I/O, more than might be expected.
Page 1 May 1989