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From: phile@lgnp1.LS.COM (Phil Eschallier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Finding the user name via the shell
Keywords: shell variables
Message-ID: <440@lgnp1.LS.COM>
Date: 7 Dec 88 22:40:44 GMT
References: <6323@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Organization: Lagniappe Systems (Norristown, PA)
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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. I can get the home address
> $HOME, but not the name. This is under sco xenix 2.2.3 I think...
>  

	try this:

	NAME=`logname`
	echo $NAME