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35.\"	@(#)logname.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
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38.Dd June 9, 1993
39.Dt LOGNAME 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm logname
43.Nd display user's login name
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49utility writes the user's login name to standard output followed by
50a newline.
51.Pp
52The
53.Nm
54utility explicitly ignores the
55.Ev LOGNAME
56and
57.Ev USER
58environment variables
59because the environment cannot be trusted.
60.Sh EXIT STATUS
61.Ex -std
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr who 1 ,
64.Xr whoami 1 ,
65.Xr getlogin 2
66.Sh STANDARDS
67The
68.Nm
69utility is expected to conform to
70.St -p1003.2 .
71.Sh HISTORY
72The
73.Nm
74command appeared in
75.Bx 4.4 .
76