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+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+Library General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
+not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+#include <ansidecl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+
+
+/* Re-construct the password-file line for the given uid
+   in the given buffer.  This knows the format that the caller
+   will expect, but this need not be the format of the password file.  */
+int
+DEFUN(getpw, (uid, buf), __uid_t uid AND register char *buf)
+{
+  register struct passwd *p;
+
+  if (buf == NULL)
+    {
+      errno = EINVAL;
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  p = getpwuid (uid);
+  if (p == NULL)
+    return -1;
+
+  if (sprintf (buf, "%s:%s:%u:%u:%s:%s:%s", p->pw_name, p->pw_passwd,
+	       p->pw_uid, p->pw_gid, p->pw_gecos, p->pw_dir, p->pw_shell) < 0)
+    return -1;
+
+  return 0;
+}