GETPWENT(3P)

💖 GETPWENT(3P) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the POSIX Programmer's Manual ✨ this is the getpwent(3P) page, and yes we're doing this together, hand in hand, group-chat style 🫶

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🌸 PROLOG 🌸

okay so before literally anything else, a lil heads up that is very much giving "read the fine print":

• This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual 💜
• The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so like, go consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details on Linux behavior, bestie, don't come for me)
• or the interface may not be implemented on Linux at all 😭 no cap, that's just the reality

fr fr, don't assume, always check the Linux page before you fight your build system 💀

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✨ NAME ✨

getpwent — get user database entry 👑

that's it. that's the whole vibe. it gets you a user database entry. iconic behavior honestly.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

like this, exactly like this:

#include <pwd.h>

struct passwd *getpwent(void);

copy it character for character, don't get cute with it 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

bestie. okay. this is the moment where the page is like "go read endpwent() instead" — that's literally it.

Refer to endpwent().

and that's the whole description 🙈 like yes it's short, yes it's giving "I'll tell you later", but that's what the standard says, so we respect it.

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

here's the part where we give credit where credit is due, and no, we're not skipping it, because the law is the law and the standard is the standard ✨

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.

In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document 🫡 (yes, the original is the main character here, not this page).

The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format 😭 not the standard's fault, not IEEE's fault, just conversion chaos.

To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! tysm for reading, love u, go read endpwent() like the standard told you to 💖

IEEE/The Open Group, 2017 — GETPWENT(3P) 🎀 that's the source, the version, and the date, signing off with a lil kiss 💋