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bash - LOGNAME

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chz013

chz013

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Jan 5, 2003
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Hi
Is LOGNAME a bash internal variable ?

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Hi:

It probably depends on your flavor of linux, but it isn't on my Red Hat 7.1. However, you can set it up in /etc/profile with this:

LOGNAME=`id -un`
export LOGNAME

Regards,

Ed
 
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