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31 .TH FGETPWENT 3 2008-07-10 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
33 fgetpwent \- get password file entry
37 .B #include <sys/types.h>
40 .BI "struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *" stream );
44 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
45 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
53 function returns a pointer to a structure containing
54 the broken out fields of a line in the file \fIstream\fP.
55 The first time it is called it returns the first entry;
56 thereafter, it returns successive entries.
57 The file referred to by
59 must have the same format as
64 The \fIpasswd\fP structure is defined in \fI<pwd.h>\fP as follows:
69 char *pw_name; /* username */
70 char *pw_passwd; /* user password */
71 uid_t pw_uid; /* user ID */
72 gid_t pw_gid; /* group ID */
73 char *pw_gecos; /* real name */
74 char *pw_dir; /* home directory */
75 char *pw_shell; /* shell program */
82 function returns a pointer to a
85 there are no more entries or an error occurs.
89 Insufficient memory to allocate
95 password database file