logname(1)							   User Commands							logname(1)

NAME

       logname - return user's login name

SYNOPSIS

       logname

DESCRIPTION

       The  logname utility will write the user's login name to standard output. The login name is the string that would be returned by the getlo-
       gin(3C) function. Under the conditions where getlogin() would fail, logname will write a diagnostic message to standard error and exit with
       a non-zero exit status.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See  environ(5)	for  descriptions  of  the  following  environment variables that affect the execution of logname: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE,
       LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The following error values are returned:

       0		       Successful completion.

       >0		       An error occurred.

FILES

       /etc/profile	       environment for user at login time

       /var/adm/utmpx	       user and accounting information

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWesu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       env(1), login(1), getlogin(3C), utmpx(4), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10							    3 Nov 2000								logname(1)