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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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