RETURN VALUE: note that errno is set on error.

Add EINVAL error.
ffix
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Michael Kerrisk 2008-07-10 14:54:14 +00:00
parent 50963b3676
commit a7e4a8f2dc
1 changed files with 10 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -67,16 +67,23 @@ struct passwd {
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
The
.BR getpw ()
function returns 0 on success, or \-1 if an error
occurs.
function returns 0 on success; on error, it returns \-1, and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
.I buf
is NULL.
.TP
.B ENOENT
No user corresponding to
.IR uid .
.TP
.B ENOMEM
Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.
Insufficient memory to allocate
.I passwd
structure.
.SH FILES
.TP
.I /etc/passwd