system C library. In list context, the return values from the
various get routines are as follows:
- ($name,$passwd,$uid,$gid,
- $quota,$comment,$gcos,$dir,$shell,$expire) = getpw*
- ($name,$passwd,$gid,$members) = getgr*
- ($name,$aliases,$addrtype,$length,@addrs) = gethost*
- ($name,$aliases,$addrtype,$net) = getnet*
- ($name,$aliases,$proto) = getproto*
- ($name,$aliases,$port,$proto) = getserv*
+ # 0 1 2 3 4
+ ( $name, $passwd, $gid, $members ) = getgr*
+ ( $name, $aliases, $addrtype, $net ) = getnet*
+ ( $name, $aliases, $port, $proto ) = getserv*
+ ( $name, $aliases, $proto ) = getproto*
+ ( $name, $aliases, $addrtype, $length, @addrs ) = gethost*
+ ( $name, $passwd, $uid, $gid, $quota,
+ $comment, $gcos, $dir, $shell, $expire ) = getpw*
+ # 5 6 7 8 9
(If the entry doesn't exist you get an empty list.)