LOGNAME(1)		  BSD General Commands Manual		    LOGNAME(1)

NAME
     logname — display user's login name

SYNOPSIS
     logname

DESCRIPTION
     The logname utility writes the user's login name to standard output fol‐
     lowed by a newline.

     The logname utility explicitly ignores the LOGNAME and USER environment
     variables because the environment cannot be trusted.

EXIT STATUS
     The logname utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
     who(1), whoami(1), getlogin(2)

STANDARDS
     The logname utility is expected to conform to IEEE Std 1003.2
     (“POSIX.2”).

HISTORY
     The logname command appeared in 4.4BSD.

BSD				 June 9, 1993				   BSD