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                      3: getpwent()               General Function              getpwent()
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                      8: Get password file information
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                     10: #include <pwd.h>
                     11: ssttrruucctt ppaasssswwdd *ggeettppwweenntt()
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                     13: The  COHERENT  system  has five  routines  that  search the  file
                     14: /etc/passwd, which  contains information about every  user of the
                     15: system.  The  returned structure passwd is  defined in the header
                     16: file pwd.h.  For a description of this structure, see pwd.h.
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                     18: getpwent returns the next entry from /etc/passwd.
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                     20: ***** Files *****
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                     22: /etc/passwd
                     23: <pwd.h>
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                     25: ***** See Also *****
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                     27: endpwent(),  general  functions,  getpwnam(), getpwuid(),  pwd.h,
                     28: setpwent()
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                     30: ***** Diagnostics *****
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                     32: getpwent returns NULL for any error or on end of file.
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                     34: ***** Notes *****
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                     36: All structures  and information returned are  in static areas in-
                     37: ternal to getpwent.   Therefore, information from a previous call
                     38: is overwritten by each subsequent call.
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