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User Commandslogname(1)


NAME

 logname - return user's login name

SYNOPSIS

 logname

DESCRIPTION

 

The logname utility will write the user's login name to standard output. The login name is the string that would be returned by the getlogin(3C) function. Under the conditions where getlogin() would fail, logname will write a diagnostic message to standard error and exit with a non-zero exit status.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

 

See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of logname: LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

 

The following error values are returned:

0
Successful completion.
>0
An error occurred.

FILES

 
/etc/profile
environment for user at login time
/var/adm/utmpx
user and accounting information

ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
AvailabilitySUNWesu

SEE ALSO

 

env(1), login(1), getlogin(3C), utmpx(4), attributes(5), environ(5)


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 3 Nov 2000

 
      
      
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