| .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 /usr/local/plan9/src/libc/port/getuser.c | |
| .SH SEE ALSO | |
| .IR intro (3), | |
| .IR cons (3) |