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PUTPWENT ( 3C ) PUTPWENT ( 3C )
NAME
putpwent - write password file entry
SYNOPSIS
#include < pwd.h >
int putpwent (p, f)
struct pa.sswd *p;
FILE •f;
DESCRIPTION
Putpwent is the inverse of getpwent(3C). Given a pointer to a
passwd structure created by getpwent (or getpwuid or getpwnam ),
putpwuid writes a line on the stream f which matches the format
of fetcfpa.sswd.
DIAGNOSTICS
Putpwent returns non-zero if an error was detected during its
operation, otherwise zero.
WARNING
The above routine uses , which causes it to increase
the size of programs, not otherwise using standard 1/0, more than
might be expected.
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