PERL setpwent Function

Syntax

setpwent

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

Nothing

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;