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PERL endpwent Function



Syntax

endpwent


Definition and Usage

Tells the system you no longer expect to read entries from the password file using getpwent. Under Windows, use the Win32API::Net function to get the information from a domain server.

Return Value

  • None

Example

Try out following example:

#!/usr/bin/perl

while(($name, $passwd, $uid, $gid, $quota,
        $comment, $gcos, $dir, $shell) = getpwent()){
   print "Name = $name\n";
   print "Password = $passwd\n";
   print "UID = $uid\n";
   print "GID = $gid\n";
   print "Quota = $quota\n";
   print "Comment = $comment\n";
   print "Gcos = $gcos\n";
   print "HOME DIR = $dir\n";
   print "Shell = $shell\n";
}

setpwent() ; # Rewind the databse /etc/passwd

while(($name, $passwd, $uid, $gid, $quota,
        $comment, $gcos, $dir, $shell) = getpwent()){
   print "Name = $name\n";
   print "Password = $passwd\n";
   print "UID = $uid\n";
   print "GID = $gid\n";
   print "Quota = $quota\n";
   print "Comment = $comment\n";
   print "Gcos = $gcos\n";
   print "HOME DIR = $dir\n";
   print "Shell = $shell\n";
}

endpwent(); # Closes the database;


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