1 .TH GETUSER 3
2 .SH NAME
3 getuser, sysname \- get user or system name
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B #include <u.h>
6 .br
7 .B #include <libc.h>
8 .PP
9 .B
10 char*	getuser(void)
11 .PP
12 .B
13 char*	sysname(void)
14 .SH DESCRIPTION
15 .I Getuser
16 returns a pointer to static data which contains the
17 null-terminated
18 name of the user who
19 owns the current process.
20 .I Getuser
21 reads
22 .B /dev/user
23 to find the name.
24 .PP
25 .I Sysname
26 provides the same service for the file
27 .BR #c/sysname ,
28 which contains the name of the machine.
29 Unlike
30 .IR getuser ,
31 .I sysname
32 caches the string, reading the file only once.
33 .SH SOURCE
34 .B /sys/src/libc/port/getuser.c
35 .SH SEE ALSO
36 .IR intro (3),
37 .IR cons (3)