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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: script & lock
Keywords: getlogin(3)
Message-ID: <15469@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 89 14:49:40 GMT
References: <17972@adm.BRL.MIL> <596@cf-cm.UUCP> <15399@mimsy.UUCP> <844@auspex.UUCP>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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>>The getlogin code for Dynix (which claims 4.2 BSD compatibility) is
>>identical to the Ultrix code, so I assume that the code in both systems
>>is the 4.2 BSD code.

In article <844@auspex.UUCP> guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris) writes:
>If that is the case, I'm slightly surprised; unfortunately, I don't have
>4.2BSD code handy to check against.

I do.  The test is missing.

The test was usually unnecessary in 4.1BSD, where *getlogin()==0 would
be true only if you had actually logged out.  Script did not switch
control terminals, so getlogin() would find your real login entry.
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