NAME

logname − return login name of user

SYNOPSIS

char ∗logname( )

DESCRIPTION

logname returns a pointer to the null-terminated login name; it extracts the LOGNAME environment variable from the user’s environment. 

This routine is kept in /lib/libPW.a. 

FILES

/etc/profile

SEE ALSO

env(1), getenv(3C), login(1), profile(4), environ(5). 

CAVEATS

The return values point to static data whose content is overwritten by each call. 

This method of determining a login name is subject to forgery. 

September 02, 1992