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| author | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2004-04-10 18:53:55 +0000 |
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| committer | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2004-04-10 18:53:55 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man/man3/getuser.3 b/man/man3/getuser.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b98f76e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/getuser.3 @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +.TH GETUSER 3 +.SH NAME +getuser, sysname \- get user or system name +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B #include <u.h> +.br +.B #include <libc.h> +.PP +.B +char* getuser(void) +.PP +.B +char* sysname(void) +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Getuser +returns a pointer to static data which contains the +null-terminated +name of the user who +owns the current process. +.I Getuser +reads +.B /dev/user +to find the name. +.PP +.I Sysname +provides the same service for the file +.BR #c/sysname , +which contains the name of the machine. +Unlike +.IR getuser , +.I sysname +caches the string, reading the file only once. +.SH SOURCE +.B /sys/src/libc/port/getuser.c +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR intro (2), +.IR cons (3) |