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1.1     ! root        1: .TH GETLOGIN 3  "19 January 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: getlogin \- get login name
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B char *getlogin()
        !             6: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             7: .I Getlogin
        !             8: returns a pointer to the login name as found in
        !             9: .IR /etc/utmp .
        !            10: It may be used in conjunction with
        !            11: .I getpwnam
        !            12: to locate the correct password file entry when the same userid
        !            13: is shared by several login names.
        !            14: .PP
        !            15: If
        !            16: .I getlogin
        !            17: is called within a process that is not attached to a
        !            18: typewriter, it returns NULL.
        !            19: The correct procedure for determining the login name is to first call
        !            20: .I getlogin
        !            21: and if it fails, to call
        !            22: .IR getpw ( getuid ()).
        !            23: .SH FILES
        !            24: /etc/utmp
        !            25: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            26: getpwent(3), getgrent(3), utmp(5), getpw(3)
        !            27: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            28: Returns NULL (0) if name not found.
        !            29: .SH BUGS
        !            30: The return values point to static data
        !            31: whose content is overwritten by each call.

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