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.TH WHOAMI 1B "Sep 14, 1992"
.SH NAME
whoami \- display the effective current username
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/ucb/whoami\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
\fBwhoami\fR displays the login name corresponding to the current effective
user \fBID.\fR If you have used \fBsu\fR to temporarily adopt another user,
\fBwhoami\fR will report the login name associated with that user \fBID.\fR
\fBwhoami\fR gets its information from the \fBgeteuid\fR and \fBgetpwuid\fR
library routines (see \fBgetuid\fR and \fBgetpwnam\fR(3C), respectively).
.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/etc/passwd\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
username data base
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR who (1),
.BR getuid (2),
.BR getpwnam (3C),
.BR attributes (7),
.BR su (8)