USERFN

Section: Howard\'s C library (3 -lhoward)
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NAME

userfn - copy full name of user

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>
#include <howard/port.h>
#include <howard/malf.h>

bStrT userfn ( buffer)

bStrT buffer;

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DESCRIPTION

userfn copies into the area to which buffer points the full (real) name of the user running the process that called it. It first tries to get the user's login name with getlogin(3), then gets the password entry with getpwnam. If that fails, it gets the password entry with getpwuid. In either case, it then calls getpwf to get the full name.

RETURNS

On success, a pointer to the NUL in buffer at the end of the copied full name. NULL if the full name is empty or there is no password entry.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

AUTHOR

Howard Gayle, TN/ETX/T/BG, Ericsson Telecom AB, S-126 25 Stockholm, Sweden, howard@ericsson.se, uunet!ericsson.se!howard, Phone: +46 8 719 5565, FAX: +46 8 719 9598, Telex: 14910 ERIC S

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