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From: mdella@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Marcos R. Della)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Finding the user name via the shell
Keywords: shell variables
Message-ID: <6323@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 1 Dec 88 00:32:04 GMT
Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407
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I was wondering if anyone out there knew how to determine the users
login name while running a shell script. I can get the home address
$HOME, but not the name. This is under sco xenix 2.2.3 I think...
 
Marcos

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