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.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)