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From: tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Finding the user name via the shell
Summary: Use 'logname'
Keywords: shell variables
Message-ID: <481@fallst.UUCP>
Date: 3 Dec 88 12:25:31 GMT
References: <6323@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Organization: Tim Evans, Fallston, MD
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In article <6323@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>, mdella@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Marcos R. Della) writes:
> I was wondering if anyone out there knew how to determine the users
> login name while running a shell script.

Use the Xenix 'logname' command.  To use it in shell scripting, see the
following example:

	#get long listing of $HOME directory and mail to me
	ls -l $HOME | mail `logname`

Other System V *NIX's support the environmental variable $LOGNAME, but Xenix
don't!

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