Query: fgetpwent
OS: redhat
Section: 3
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FGETPWENT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FGETPWENT(3)NAMEfgetpwent - get password file entrySYNOPSIS#include <pwd.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/types.h> struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *stream);DESCRIPTIONThe fgetpwent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken out fields of a line in the file stream. The first time it is called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive entries. The file stream must have the same format as /etc/passwd. The passwd structure is defined in <pwd.h> as follows: struct passwd { char *pw_name; /* user name */ char *pw_passwd; /* user password */ uid_t pw_uid; /* user id */ gid_t pw_gid; /* group id */ char *pw_gecos; /* real name */ char *pw_dir; /* home directory */ char *pw_shell; /* shell program */ };RETURN VALUEThe fgetpwent() function returns the passwd structure, or NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.ERRORSENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.FILES/etc/passwd password database fileCONFORMING TOSVID 3SEE ALSOgetpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3), endpwent(3), getpw(3), putpwent(3), passwd(5)GNU1996-05-17 FGETPWENT(3)
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