User Commands                                          logname(1)



NAME
     logname - return user's login name

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/bin/logname
     /usr/bin/logname [ options ]
 
  ksh93
     logname [ options ]

DESCRIPTION
     logname writes the users's login name to standard output. The
     login name is the string that is returned by the getlogin(2)
     function. If getlogin(2) does not return successfully, the
     corresponding to the real user id of the calling process is
     used instead.

OPTIONS
     The following option is supported:

     --man, --html, --nroff
                     Prints builtin manual page in either plain
                     text, HTML or nroff format.
     --help          Prints basic help information
     --version       Prints version information

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment
     variables  that  affect  the  execution  of  logname:  LANG,
     LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS
     The following error values are returned:

     0                       Successful completion.



     >0                      An error occurred.



FILES
     /etc/profile            environment for user at login time



     /var/adm/utmpx          user and accounting information



ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Standard                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

    This command conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2008.

SEE ALSO
     env(1), ksh93(1), login(1), getlogin(3C), utmpx(4), 
     attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5),
     http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/logname.html




SunOS 5.10           Last change: 3 Nov 2000                    2