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.. function:: getlogin() |
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Return the name of the user logged in on the controlling terminal of the |
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process. For most purposes, it is more useful to use the environment variables |
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:envvar:`LOGNAME` or :envvar:`USERNAME` to find out who the user is, or |
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``pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]`` to get the login name of the currently |
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effective user id. |
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process. For most purposes, it is more useful to use the environment |
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variables :envvar:`LOGNAME` or :envvar:`USERNAME` to find out who the user |
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is, or ``pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]`` to get the login name of the current |
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real user id. |
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Availability: Unix, Windows. |
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