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+.TH LIBCONTACTS_LOAD_CONTACT 3 LIBCONTACTS
+.SH NAME
+libcontacts_load_contact \- Load a contact
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+#include <libcontacts.h>
+
+int libcontacts_load_contact(const char *\fIid\fP, struct libcontacts_contact *\fIcontactp\fP, const struct passwd *\fIuser\fP);
+.fi
+.PP
+Link with
+.IR -lcontacts .
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.BR libcontacts_load_contact ()
+function loads the entry of the contact, whose ID
+is specified in the
+.I id
+parameter, and store it in
+.I *contactp
+upon successful completion.
+.PP
+.I user
+shall be the user's entry in the password database (not
+the shadow database). This is used for the get user's
+home directory.
+.PP
+When no longer needed, the caller shall manually
+deallocate all member stored in
+.I *contactp
+using the
+.BR libcontacts_contact_destroy (3)
+function.
+.PP
+The pointer
+.I id
+will be copied to
+.IR contactp->id .
+
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+The
+.BR libcontacts_load_contact ()
+function returns 0 upon successful completion;
+otherwise -1 is returned and
+.I errno
+is set appropriately to indicate the error.
+
+.SH ERRORS
+The
+.BR libcontacts_load_contact ()
+function will fail if:
+.TP
+.B 0
+The file it loads contains a NUL byte.
+.PP
+The
+.BR libcontacts_load_contact ()
+function may fail for any reason specified for the
+.BR libcontacts_get_path (3),
+.BR libcontacts_parse_contact (3),
+.BR open (3),
+.BR realloc (3),
+and
+.BR read (3)
+functions.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR libcontacts.h (0),
+.BR libcontacts (7),
+.BR libcontacts_loads_contact (3),
+.BR libcontacts_save_contact (3),
+.BR libcontacts_contact_destroy (3),
+.BR libcontacts_list_contacts (3),
+.BR libcontacts_parse_contact (3)