getlogin man page on Ultrix

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getlogin(3)							   getlogin(3)

Name
       getlogin - get login name

Syntax
       char *getlogin()

Description
       The  subroutine	returns a pointer to the login name as found in It may
       be used in conjunction with to locate the correct password  file	 entry
       when the same userid is shared by several login names.

       If  is called within a process that is not attached to a typewriter, it
       returns NULL.  The correct procedure for determining the login name  is
       to first call and if it fails, to call ( ).

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

Return Values
       Returns NULL (0) if name not found.

Files
       /etc/utmp

See Also
       getgrent(3), getpw(3), getpwent(3), utmp(5)

								   getlogin(3)

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