NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     logname -- display user's login name

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     logname

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The logname utility writes the user's login name to standard output followed
 by a newline.

     The logname utility explicitly ignores the LOGNAME and USER environment
     variables because the environment cannot be trusted.

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The logname utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     who(1), whoami(1), getlogin(2)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The logname function is expected to conform to IEEE Std 1003.2
     (``POSIX.2'').

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The logname command appeared in 4.4BSD.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			 June 9, 1993			 FreeBSD 5.2.1