NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     whoami -- display effective user id

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     whoami

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The whoami utility has been obsoleted by the id(1) utility, and is equivalent
 to ``id -un''.  The command ``id -p'' is suggested for normal
     interactive use.

     The whoami utility displays your effective user ID as a name.

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     id(1)


FreeBSD 5.2.1			 June 6, 1993			 FreeBSD 5.2.1