LOGNAME(1)

LOGNAME(1)

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NAME
       logname - print user's login name

SYNOPSIS
       logname [--help] [--version]

DESCRIPTION
       This  documentation  is no longer being maintained and may
       be inaccurate or incomplete.  The Texinfo documentation is
       now the authoritative source.

       This  manual  page  documents  the GNU version of logname.
       logname prints the calling user's name, as  found  in  the
       file /etc/utmp, and exits with a status of 0.  If there is
       no /etc/utmp entry for the calling process, logname prints
       an error message and exits with a status of 1.

   OPTIONS
       --help Print  a  usage message on standard output and exit
              successfully.

       --version
              Print version information on standard  output  then
              exit successfully.

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