whoami(1)               (BSD Compatibility Package)               whoami(1)


   NAME
         whoami - display the effective current username

   SYNOPSIS
         /usr/ucb/whoami

   DESCRIPTION
         whoami displays the login name corresponding to the current effective
         user ID. If you have used su to temporarily adopt another user,
         whoami will report the login name associated with that user ID.
         whoami gets its information from the geteuid and getpwuid library
         routines (see getuid and getpwent, respectively).

   FILES
         /etc/passwd         username data base

   SEE ALSO
         su(1), who(1).
         getuid(2), getpwent(3) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.


































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