logname(3X)                                           logname(3X)



     NAME
          logname - return login name of user

     SYNOPSIS
          char *logname()

     DESCRIPTION
          logname returns a pointer to the null-terminated login name;
          it extracts the $LOGNAME variable from the user's environ-
          ment.

          This routine is kept in /lib/libPW.a.

     FILES
          /etc/profile

     SEE ALSO
          env(1), login(1), profile(4), environ(5).

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

          This method of determining a login name is subject to for-
          gery.






























     April, 1990                                                     1