getpw.3

<B>Digital的Unix操作系统VAX 4.2源码</B>

.\" SCCSID: @(#)getpw.3	8.1	9/11/90
.TH getpw 3 
.SH Name
getpw \- get name from uid
.SH Syntax
.nf
.B getpw(uid, buf)
.B char *buf;
.fi
.SH Description
.NXR "getpw subroutine"
.NXR "getpw subroutine" "getpwuid subroutine"
.NXR "password file (general)" "getting name from"
The 
.PN getpw 
routine has been superseded by 
.PN getpwuid, 
see 
.MS getpwent 3 .
.PP
The
.PN getpw
routine searches the password file for
the (numerical)
.IR uid ", and fills in " "buf"
with the corresponding line;
it returns nonzero if
.IR uid ""
could not
be found.
The line is null terminated.
.SH Diagnostics
Nonzero
return on error.
.SH Files
/etc/passwd
.SH See Also
getpwent(3), passwd(5yp)