HP-UX Reference (11i v2 07/12) - 3 Library Functions A-M (vol 6)

getspwent(3X) getspwent(3X)

Obsolescent Interfaces

The following interfaces are to be obsoleted: getspwent_r()

, getspwuid_r()

, getspwaid_r()

getspwnam_r()

, setspwent_r()

, endspwent_r(), and

fgetspwent_r().

EXAMPLES

The following code excerpt counts the number of entries in the protected password database:

int count = 0;

struct s_passwd *pwbuf;

setspwent();

while (pwbuf=getspwent())

count++;

endspwent();

AUTHOR

getspwent() was developed by HP.

FILES

/tcb/files/auth/*/*

Protected Password database