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From: paht@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Harrington_Taber)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: user name in /etc/passwd GCOS field
Message-ID: <5249@ihlpg.ATT.COM>
Date: 25 Apr 88 12:49:59 GMT
References: <1361@lznv.ATT.COM> <76@skep2.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: paht@ihlpg.UUCP (55521-Harrington_Taber,P.A.)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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In article <76@skep2.ATT.COM> wcs@ho95e.UUCP (46323-Bill.Stewart.<ho95c>,2G218,x0705,(HOB076)1305) writes:
>In article <1361@lznv.ATT.COM> psc@lznv.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) writes:
>:My group is looking for a standard way that mail(1) can get a user's
>:name from a password file entry.

What about the exptool called 'whois'? As you can see by the header I have a 
hyphenated name and the tool appears to do the job correctly.  I am not sure
who the provider is for this tool, but I think that they could help you with
your problem

Paul Harrington-Taber, Network Systems at Bell Labs Indian Hill Main
(312)-979-5081, IH 1D-409, ihlpg!paht