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30.Dd February 25, 2021
31.Dt ENDUTENT 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm endutent ,
35.Nm getutent ,
36.Nm getutline ,
37.Nm pututline ,
38.Nm setutent
39.Nd user accounting database functions
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libc
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In utmp.h
44.Ft void
45.Fn endutent void
46.Ft struct utmp *
47.Fn getutent void
48.Ft struct utmpx *
49.Fn getutline "const struct utmp *"
50.Ft struct utmp *
51.Fn pututline "const struct utmp *"
52.Ft void
53.Fn setutent void
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55These functions provide access to the
56.Xr utmp 5
57user accounting database.
58.Pp
59These interfaces are only provided for compatibility purpuses and
60have been superseeded by
61.Xr endutxent 3 ,
62.Xr utmpx 5 .
63.Pp
64.Fn getutent
65reads the next entry from the database;
66if the database was not yet open, it also opens it.
67.Fn setutent
68resets the database, so that the next
69.Fn getutent
70call will get the first entry.
71.Fn endutent
72closes the database.
73.Pp
74.Fn getutline
75returns the next
76entry which has the same name as specified in the
77.Va ut_line
78field, or
79.Dv NULL
80if no match is found.
81.Pp
82.Fn pututline
83adds the argument
84.Xr utmp 5
85entry line to the accounting database, replacing a previous entry for
86the same user if it exists.
87.Ss The utmp structure
88The
89.Nm utmp
90structure has the following definition:
91.Bd -literal
92struct utmp {
93        char ut_line[UT_LINESIZE];    /* tty name */
94        char ut_name[UT_USERSIZE];    /* login name */
95        char ut_host[UT_HOSTSIZE];    /* host name */
96	time_t ut_time;		      /* time entry was created */
97};
98.Ed
99.Sh RETURN VALUES
100.Fn getutent
101returns the next entry, or
102.Dv NULL
103on failure (end of database or problems reading from the database).
104.Fn getutline
105returns the matching structure on success, or
106.Dv NULL
107if no match was found.
108.Fn pututline
109returns the structure that was successfully written, or
110.Dv NULL .
111.Sh SEE ALSO
112.Xr logwtmp 3 ,
113.Xr utmp 5
114.Sh STANDARDS
115The
116.Fn endutent ,
117.Fn getutent ,
118.Fn getutline ,
119.Fn pututline ,
120.Fn setutent
121functions all conform to
122.St -xpg4.2 .
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