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getpw(3)						     Library Functions Manual							  getpw(3)

NAME
       getpw - get name from uid

SYNOPSIS
       getpw (
	uid_t uid,
	char *buf );

DESCRIPTION
       The getpw routine has been superseded by getpwuid.  See getpwent(3).

       The  getpw  routine searches the password file for the (numerical) uid, and fills in buf with the corresponding line; it returns nonzero if
       uid could not be found.	The line is null terminated.

ERRORS
       Nonzero return on error.

FILES
       /etc/passwd

RELATED INFORMATION
       getpwent(3), passwd(4) delim off

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