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logname

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 3 Nov 2000
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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: LANG, LC_ALL, 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
Interface StabilityStandard

 

SEE ALSO

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


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
EXIT STATUS
FILES
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO

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