GETUSER(2) GETUSER(2)
NAME
getuser, sysname - get user or system name
SYNOPSIS
#include <u.h>
#include <libc.h>
char* getuser(void)
char* sysname(void)
DESCRIPTION
Getuser returns a pointer to static data which contains the
null-terminated name of the user who owns the current pro-
cess. Getuser reads /dev/user to find the name.
Sysname provides the same service for the file #c/sysname,
which contains the name of the machine. Unlike getuser,
sysname caches the string, reading the file only once.
SOURCE
/sys/src/libc/port/getuser.c
/sys/src/libc/9sys/sysname.c
SEE ALSO
intro(2), cons(3)
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