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getut(3C)							     getut(3C)

       getut:  getutent(),  getutid(), getutline(), pututline(), _pututline(),
       setutent(), endutent(), utmpname() - access utmp file entry

   Obsolescent Interfaces
       and each return a pointer to a structure of the following type:

	      struct utmp {
		  char ut_user[8];	    /* User login name */
		  char ut_id[4];	    /* /etc/inittab id (usually line #) */
		  char ut_line[12];	    /* device name (console, lnxx) */
		  pid_t ut_pid;		    /* process id */
		  short ut_type;	    /* type of entry */
		  struct exit_status {
		      short e_termination;  /* Process termination status */
		      short e_exit;	    /* Process exit status */
		      } ut_exit;	    /* The exit status of a process */
					    /* marked as DEAD_PROCESS. */
		  unsigned short ut_reserved1;	/* Reserved for future use */
		  time_t ut_time;	    /* time entry was made */
		  char ut_host[16];	    /* host name, if remote;NOTSUPPORTED*/
		  unsigned long ut_addr;    /* Internet addr of host, if remote */

       Reads in the next entry from a
			   file.  If the file is not already open,  opens  it.
			   If it reaches the end of the file, fails.

       Searches forward from the current point in the
			   file until it finds an entry with a matching if the
			   type specified is or If the type specified in id is
			   or  returns a pointer to the first entry whose type
			   is one of these four, and whose  field  matches  If
			   end-of-file is reached without a match, fails.

       Searches forward from the current point in the
			   file	 until	it finds an entry of type or that also
			   has a string matching the string.   If  end-of-file
			   is reached without a match, fails.

       Writes out the supplied
			   structure  into  the	 file, translates the supplied
			   structure into a structure and writes it to a file.
			   uses	 to  search forward for the proper location if
			   it is not already there.  It is  normally  expected
			   that	 the  application program has already searched
			   for the proper entry by using one of	 the  routines
			   before  calling If the search as already been made,
			   does not repeat it.	If does not  find  a  matching
			   slot	 for the new entry, it adds a new entry to the
			   end of the file.

       Performs the same actions as
			   except that it returns a  value  useful  for	 error

       Resets the input stream to the beginning of the file.
			   This	 should	 be  done before each search for a new
			   entry if it is desired  that	 the  entire  file  be

       Closes the currently open file.

       Allows the user to change the name of the file being examined from
			   and	to  any	 other	files.	In this case, the name
			   provided to will be used  for  the  functions.   An
			   will	 be appended to this name, and will be used by
			   the getutx(3C) functions.   The  one	 exception  to
			   this	 are  the  and	functions  as they access both
			   files in an attempt to keep the and files in	 sync.
			   The other files are usually and If the files do not
			   exist, the absence  is  not	discovered  until  the
			   first  subsequent  attempt  to  reference the file.
			   does not open the file; it merely  closes  the  old
			   file	 if  it	 is  currently open, and saves the new
			   file name.

       The most current entry  is  saved  in  a	 static	 structure.   Multiple
       accesses	 require  that the structure be copied before further accesses
       are made.  During each call to either or the static structure is	 exam‐
       ined  before performing more I/O.  If the contents of the static struc‐
       ture match what the routine is searching for, no	 additional  searching
       is  done.   Therefore,  if  you are using to search for multiple occur‐
       rences, it is necessary to zero out the	static	structure  after  each
       success;	 otherwise,  simply  returns  the  same	 pointer over and over
       again.  There is one exception to the rule about removing the structure
       before  a  new  read: the implicit read done by (if it finds that it is
       not already at the correct place in the file) does not alter  the  con‐
       tents of the static structure returned by or if the user has just modi‐
       fied those contents and passed the pointer back to

   Obsolescent Interfaces
       access utmp file entry.

       These functions return a NULL pointer upon failure to read (whether for
       permissions  or	having reached end-of-file), or upon failure to write.
       They also return a NULL pointer if the size of the file is not an inte‐
       gral multiple of

       behaves	the same as except that it returns a pointer to a static loca‐
       tion containing the most current entry if the call succeeds.  The  con‐
       tents  of  this	structure is identical to the contents of the supplied
       structure if successful.	 If fails upon writing to it  returns  a  NULL
       pointer.	  If is successful in writing to the file and fails in writing
       to the file, then will behave as if it succeeded.  Please note that the
       file  and  the  file may not be in sync due to the above behavior.  and
       are only guaranteed to have written to the file upon successful comple‐

   Reentrant Interfaces
       Upon  successful	 completion, and return Otherwise, they all return and

   Reentrant Interfaces
	      The	     utmp or ud parameter is equal to NULL.

       and are obsolescent interfaces supported only  for  compatibility  with
       existing	 DCE  applications.  New multithreaded applications should use
       use the getutx(3C) functions that provide equivalent functionality.

       Some vendors' versions of erase the file if the file exists but is  not
       an  integral multiple of Given the possibility of user error in provid‐
       ing a name to utmpname (such as giving improper arguments  to  who(1)),
       HP-UX does not do this, but instead returns an error indication.

       For  portability,  getutx(3C)  functions are preferred over these func‐

       utmpd(1M),   getuts(3C),	  getutx(3C),	pututxline(3C),	  ttyslot(3C),
       utmp(4), thread_safety(5).

				TO BE OBSOLETED			     getut(3C)

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