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1.1       root        1: .\"    @(#)getlogin.3  6.2 (Berkeley) 5/9/86
                      2: .\"
                      3: .TH GETLOGIN 3  "May 9, 1986"
                      4: .AT 3
                      5: .SH NAME
                      6: getlogin \- get login name
                      7: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      8: .B char *getlogin()
                      9: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     10: .I Getlogin
                     11: returns a pointer to the login name as found in
                     12: .IR /etc/utmp .
                     13: It may be used in conjunction with
                     14: .I getpwnam
                     15: to locate the correct password file entry when the same userid
                     16: is shared by several login names.
                     17: .PP
                     18: If
                     19: .I getlogin
                     20: is called within a process that is not attached to a
                     21: terminal, or if there is no entry in
                     22: .I /etc/utmp
                     23: for the process's terminal,
                     24: .I getlogin
                     25: returns a NULL pointer (0).
                     26: A reasonable procedure for determining the login name is to first call
                     27: .I getlogin
                     28: and if it fails, to call
                     29: .IR getpwuid ( getuid ()).
                     30: .SH FILES
                     31: /etc/utmp
                     32: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     33: getpwent(3), utmp(5), ttyslot(3)
                     34: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     35: Returns a NULL pointer (0) if name not found.
                     36: .SH BUGS
                     37: The return values point to static data
                     38: whose content is overwritten by each call.

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