logname(1) BSD General Commands Manual logname(1)
NAME
logname -- display user's login name
SYNOPSIS
logname
DESCRIPTION
The logname utility writes the user's login name to standard output fol-
lowed by a newline.
The logname utility explicitly ignores the LOGNAME and USER environment
variables because the environment cannot be trusted.
The logname utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
who(1), whoami(1), getlogin(2)
STANDARDS
The logname utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'').
HISTORY
The logname command appeared in 4.4BSD.
4.4BSD June 9, 1993 4.4BSD
Mac OS X 10.6 - Generated Thu Sep 17 20:08:02 CDT 2009