getlogin man page on UNIXv7

getlogin man page on UNIXv7

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GETLOGIN(3)							   GETLOGIN(3)

NAME
       getlogin - get login name

SYNOPSIS
       char *getlogin();

DESCRIPTION
       Getlogin returns a pointer to the login name as found in /etc/utmp.  It
       may be used in conjunction with getpwnam to locate the correct password
       file entry when the same userid is shared by several login names.

       If  getlogin is called within a process that is not attached to a type‐
       writer, it returns NULL.	 The correct  procedure	 for  determining  the
       login name is to first call getlogin and if it fails, to call getpwuid.

FILES
       /etc/utmp

SEE ALSO
       getpwent(3), getgrent(3), utmp(5)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Returns NULL (0) if name not found.

BUGS
       The  return values point to static data whose content is overwritten by
       each call.

								   GETLOGIN(3)

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