On Feb 14 12:55, Kurt Franke wrote: > Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at> cygwin.com> writes: > > > > Indeed. After the discussion yesterday I already realized that we will > > > need some commandline tool to request passwd and group entries. > > > > > > There is a function called getpw on Linux which allows to fetch a passwd > > > entry in the form it has in /etc/passwd: > > > > > > http://linux.die.net/man/3/getpw > > > > Gosh, please ignore this function. It's old and dangerous. Treat this > > mail as if I never mentioned this function, ok? > > > > Corinna > > > > Hi Corinna, > > I think the function family > > getpwent() > getgrent()
Sure, but the problem is not to have functions, the problem is to have a tool which can be used from shell scripts. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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