Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 17:26:54 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anybody heard of fgetwpent() and putpwent()? Message-ID: <199712042326.RAA27270@unix.tfs.net>
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In reply: > PUTPWENT(3C) DYNIX/ptx PUTPWENT(3C) > > [...] > > I'm not really sure why this is useful, but I suppose that you could do > the same thing with a printf() format string. i guess it was for people who cannot read passwd(5)... not a bad idea though.. dupe checking as a feature would be nice... better yet, a buffer write instead of actually printing it would be better a la sprintf(). jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+
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