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1.1       root        1: .TH GETPW 3C  "19 January 1983"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: getpw \- get name from uid
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .nf
                      6: .B getpw(uid, buf)
                      7: .B char *buf;
                      8: .fi
                      9: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     10: .ft B
                     11: Getpw is obsoleted by getpwuid(3).
                     12: .ft R
                     13: .PP
                     14: .I Getpw
                     15: searches the password file for
                     16: the (numerical)
                     17: .IR uid ", and fills in " "buf"
                     18: with the corresponding line;
                     19: it returns non-zero if
                     20: .IR uid ""
                     21: could not
                     22: be found.
                     23: The line is null-terminated.
                     24: .SH FILES
                     25: /etc/passwd
                     26: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     27: getpwent(3),
                     28: passwd(5)
                     29: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     30: Non-zero
                     31: return on error.

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