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 (`0).

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

     The logname utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The   logname  utility  conforms  to  IEEE  Std  1003.2-1992
(``POSIX.2'').

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The logname command appeared in 4.4BSD.

OpenBSD      3.6                           June      9,      1993