putpwent(3C)            LIBRARY FUNCTIONS            putpwent(3C)



NAME
     putpwent - write password file entry

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pwd.h>

     int putpwent (const 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.



































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