logname(C)

logname -- get login name

Syntax

logname

Description

logname returns the user's login name as found in /etc/utmp. If no login name is found, logname displays an error message on the standard error and returns a non-zero exit status.

Exit values

logname returns the following values:

0
successful completion

>0
an error occurred

See also

env(C), ,getlogin(S-osr5) ,getuid(S-osr5) id(C), login(M), logname(S-osr5)

Standards conformance

logname is conformant with:

ISO/IEC DIS 9945-2:1992, Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) - Part 2: Shell and Utilities (IEEE Std 1003.2-1992);
AT&T SVID Issue 2;
X/Open CAE Specification, Commands and Utilities, Issue 4, 1992.

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