TH GETUSER 2
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
br
B /sys/src/libc/9sys/sysname.c
SH SEE ALSO
IR intro (2),
IR cons (3)

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