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putpwent(3C)

write password file entry

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

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.