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+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
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.\" References consulted:
.\" Linux libc source code
.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:37:37 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
.\" Modified Mon May 27 22:40:48 1996 by Martin Schulze (joey@linux.de)
.\"
-.TH FGETPWENT 3 2016-03-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH fgetpwent 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
fgetpwent \- get password file entry
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <stdio.h>
.B #include <sys/types.h>
.B #include <pwd.h>
-.sp
+.P
.BI "struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *" stream );
.fi
-.sp
-.in -4n
+.P
+.RS -4
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
-.in
-.sp
+.RE
+.P
.BR fgetpwent ():
+.nf
Since glibc 2.19:
_DEFAULT_SOURCE
- Glibc 2.19 and earlier:
+ glibc 2.19 and earlier:
_SVID_SOURCE
+.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR fgetpwent ()
.I /etc/passwd
(see
.BR passwd (5)).
-.PP
+.P
The \fIpasswd\fP structure is defined in \fI<pwd.h>\fP as follows:
-.sp
+.P
.in +4n
-.nf
+.EX
struct passwd {
char *pw_name; /* username */
char *pw_passwd; /* user password */
char *pw_dir; /* home directory */
char *pw_shell; /* shell program */
};
-.fi
+.EE
.in
.SH RETURN VALUE
The
there are no more entries or an error occurs.
In the event of an error,
.I errno
-is set to indicate the cause.
+is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B ENOMEM
.TP
.I /etc/passwd
password database file
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
-lb lb lb
+lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface Attribute Value
T{
+.na
+.nh
.BR fgetpwent ()
-.\" FIXME: the following marking is different from which in glibc manual,
-.\" marking in glibc manual is,
-.\" fgetpwent: MT-Unsafe race:fpwent
-.\" We think race:fpwent in glibc maybe hard for users to understand,
-.\" and have sent a patch to the GNU libc community for changing it to
-.\" race:fgetpwent, however, something about the copyright impeded the progress.
T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe race:fgetpwent
.TE
-
-.SH CONFORMING TO
+.\" FIXME: The marking is different from that in the glibc manual,
+.\" which has:
+.\"
+.\" fgetpwent: MT-Unsafe race:fpwent
+.\"
+.\" We think race:fpwent in glibc maybe hard for users to understand,
+.\" and have sent a patch to the GNU libc community for changing it to
+.\" race:fgetpwent, however, something about the copyright impeded the
+.\" progress.
+.SH STANDARDS
+None.
+.SH HISTORY
SVr4.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR endpwent (3),