fgetpwent
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NAME
fgetpwent - get password file entry
SYNOPSIS
#include <pwd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *stream);
DESCRIPTION
The 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 VALUE
The fgetpwent() function returns the passwd structure, or
NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.
ERRORS
ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.
CONFORMING TO
SVID 3
SEE ALSO
getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3), endp-
went(3), getpw(3), putpwent(3)
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