Hello
I want to have the user ID and group ID in a string format.
I fond the getuid() and getgid() system call, but the return type are uid_t and gid_t.
Those type are number. How can I get the string format for the user ID and group ID.
Thanks for help.
Moved to a more appropriate forum.
My best code is written with the delete key.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
User and group ID are numbers. What getpwent returns are user and group name.
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CornedBee
"There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code."
- Flon's Law
Oh, something simple like sprintf() then perhaps?
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
Depends on what the OP actually means by "string format".
All the buzzt!
"There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code."
- Flon's Law
I would guess that Salem got it right, the text names for the uid and gid returned by getpwent
Originally Posted by Jeff Henager
