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PERL setpwent Function
Syntax
Definition and Usage
Sets (or resets) the enumeration to the beginning of the set of password entries. This function should be called before the first call to getpwent.
Return Value
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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