Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 14:50:10 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anybody heard of fgetwpent() and putpwent()? Message-ID: <19971204145010.50143@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.971204115455.2638v-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>; from Jaye Mathisen on Dec 12, 1997 at 11:56:00AM -0800 References: <Pine.NEB.3.95.971204115455.2638v-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>
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On Dec 12, 1997 at 11:56:00AM -0800, Jaye Mathisen wrote:
> I don't have these calls on my 2.2.5 box, nor my 3.0 box. I'm trying to
> compile some qmail add-on code that uses these functions...
PUTPWENT(3C) DYNIX/ptx PUTPWENT(3C)
NAME
putpwent - write password file entry
SYNOPSIS
#include <pwd.h>
int putpwent (p, f)
struct passwd *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), putpwent writes a line on the stream f, which
matches the format of /etc/passwd.
SEE ALSO
mkpwdbm(1), getpwent(3C)
DIAGNOSTICS
putpwent returns non-zero if an error was detected during
its operation, otherwise zero.
WARNINGS
The above routine uses <stdio.h>, which causes an increase
in the size of programs, not otherwise using standard I/O,
more than might be expected.
I'm not really sure why this is useful, but I suppose that you could do
the same thing with a printf() format string.
--
Jonathan
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