cuserid(3)						     Library Functions Manual							cuserid(3)

NAME

       cuserid - Gets the alphanumeric username associated with the current process

LIBRARY

       Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdio.h>

       char *cuserid(	   char *s);

STANDARDS

       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       cuserid():  XPG4, XPG4-UNIX

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS

       Points  to  the	character array into which the cuserid() function copies the string representing the username.	This array must contain at
       least L_cuserid bytes. L_cuserid is a constant defined in the stdio.h header file, and has a value greater than 0 (zero).  If you specify a
       null pointer for s,  the character string is stored into an internal thread-specific buffer, the address of which is returned.

DESCRIPTION

       The cuserid() function generates a character string representing the real or effective username of the owner of the current process.

NOTES

       If  the	s  parameter  is  a  null pointer, the character string is stored into an internal thread-specific buffer, the address of which is
       returned.  Subsequent calls to the cuserid() function from the same thread overwrite the contents of the internal buffer.

       The cuserid() function is scheduled to be withdrawn from a future version of the X/Open CAE Specification.

RETURN VALUES

       If the s parameter is not a null pointer, the cuserid() function returns the character string in the array pointed to by s.  If	the  user-
       name cannot be found, an empty string is returned.

       If  the	s  parameter  is  a  null pointer, the character string is stored into an internal thread-specific buffer, the address of which is
       returned.  If the username cannot be found, a null pointer is returned.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Functions: getlogin(2), getpwent(3)

       Standards: standards(5) delim off

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