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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)getpw.3     6.3 (Berkeley) 5/17/89
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH GETPW 3  "May 17, 1989"
        !             4: .AT 3
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: getpw \- get name from uid
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .nf
        !             9: .B getpw(uid, buf)
        !            10: .B char *buf;
        !            11: .fi
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: .ft B
        !            14: Getpw is made obsolete by getpwuid(3).
        !            15: .br
        !            16: It is available from the compatibility library, libcompat.
        !            17: .ft R
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: .I Getpw
        !            20: searches the password file for
        !            21: the (numerical)
        !            22: .IR uid ", and fills in " "buf"
        !            23: with the corresponding line;
        !            24: it returns non-zero if
        !            25: .IR uid ""
        !            26: could not
        !            27: be found.
        !            28: The line is null-terminated.
        !            29: .SH FILES
        !            30: /etc/passwd
        !            31: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            32: getpwent(3),
        !            33: passwd(5)
        !            34: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            35: Non-zero
        !            36: return on error.

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