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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Real name of user
Message-ID: <4448@buengc.BU.EDU>
Date: 6 Oct 89 05:22:53 GMT
References: <1876@draken.nada.kth.se>
Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton)
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In article <1876@draken.nada.kth.se> larss@nada.kth.se (Lars Schylberg) writes:
>I'm looking for a c-routine under UNIX environment that
>could give the real name of the user [...]

Try getpwent().  Available in a <pwd.h> near you.

				--Blair
				  "Ya wanna grab a six
				   of Diet Coke while
				   yer there?"