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                      3: getlogin()               General Function              getlogin()
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                      8: Get login name
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                     10: cchhaarr *ggeettllooggiinn()
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                     12: The name  corresponding to the current user id  is not always the
                     13: same as the name under which a user logged into the COHERENT sys-
                     14: tem.   For example,  the user  may have issued  a su  command, or
                     15: there may be several login names associated with a user id.  get-
                     16: login returns the login name found in the file /etc/utmp.
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                     18: In  cases where  getlogin  fails to  produce  a result,  getpwuid
                     19: (described in  getpwent) is normally  used to determine  the user
                     20: name for a process.
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                     22: ***** Files *****
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                     24: /eettcc/uuttmmpp  login names
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                     26: ***** See Also *****
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                     28: general functions,  getpwent(), getuid(), su,  ttyname(), utmp.h,
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                     31: ***** Diagnostics *****
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                     33: getlogin returns NULL if the login name cannot be determined.
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                     35: ***** Notes *****
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                     37: getlogin  stores  the returned  name  in a  static  area that  is
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