putpwent(3) [ultrix man page]
putpwent(3) Library Functions Manual putpwent(3) Name putpwent - write password file entry Syntax #include <pwd.h> int putpwent (p, f) struct passwd *p; FILE *f; Description The subroutine is the inverse of Given a pointer to a passwd structure created by (or or writes a line on the stream f which matches the format of Diagnostics The subroutine returns non-zero if an error was detected during its operation, otherwise zero. The routine uses <stdio.h>, which causes it to increase the size of programs, not otherwise using standard I/O, more than might be expected. putpwent(3)
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PUTPWENT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual PUTPWENT(3) NAME
putpwent - write a password file entry SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <pwd.h> int putpwent(const struct passwd *p, FILE *stream); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): putpwent(): _SVID_SOURCE DESCRIPTION
The putpwent() function writes a password entry from the structure p in the file associated with stream. The passwd structure is defined in <pwd.h> as follows: struct passwd { char *pw_name; /* username */ 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 VALUE
The putpwent() function returns 0 on success, or -1 if an error occurs. ERRORS
EINVAL Invalid (NULL) argument given. CONFORMING TO
SVr4. SEE ALSO
endpwent(3), fgetpwent(3), getpw(3), getpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), setpwent(3) COLOPHON
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2007-07-26 PUTPWENT(3)