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)
