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diff --git a/manual/users.texi b/manual/users.texi index efe0b530ad..64bf153f83 100644 --- a/manual/users.texi +++ b/manual/users.texi @@ -1322,12 +1322,41 @@ for @code{getutline}. @comment utmpx.h @comment XPG4.2 @deftypefun {struct utmpx *} pututxline (const struct utmpx *@var{utmp}) -The @code{pututxline} function provides functionality identical to +The @code{pututxline} function is functionally identical to @code{pututline}, but uses @code{struct utmpx} instead of @code{struct -utmp}. On the GNU system @code{pututxline} is simply an alias for +utmp}. On the GNU system, @code{pututxline} is simply an alias for @code{pututline}. @end deftypefun +@comment utmpx.h +@comment XPG4.2 +@deftypefun int utmpxname (const char *@var{file}) +The @code{utmpxname} function is functionally identical to +@code{utmpname}. On the GNU system, @code{utmpxname} is simply an +alias for @code{utmpname}. +@end deftypefun + +You can translate between a traditional @code{struct utmp} and an XPG +@code{struct utmpx} with the following functions. On the GNU system, +these functions are merely copies, since the two structures are +identical. + +@comment utmpx.h +@comment utmp.h +@comment GNU +@deftypefun int getutmp (const struct utmpx *utmpx, struct utmp *utmp) +@code{getutmp} copies the information, insofar as the structures are +compatible, from @var{utmpx} to @var{utmp}. +@end deftypefun + +@comment utmpx.h +@comment utmp.h +@comment GNU +@deftypefun int getutmpx (const struct utmp *utmp, struct utmpx *utmpx) +@code{getutmpx} copies the information, insofar as the structures are +compatible, from @var{utmp} to @var{utmpx}. +@end deftypefun + @node Logging In and Out @subsection Logging In and Out |