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changeset 12610:80d708efef7d
getlogin_r: Add comment.
| author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> |
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| date | Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:16:57 +0100 |
| parents | 887426b7b1d6 |
| children | 42a30e18244c |
| files | ChangeLog lib/unistd.in.h |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2010-01-09 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + * lib/unistd.in.h (getlogin_r): Add comment. + 2010-01-09 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> Tests for module 'getlogin_r'.
--- a/lib/unistd.in.h +++ b/lib/unistd.in.h @@ -485,6 +485,11 @@ provided (this case is hopefully rare but is left open by the POSIX spec). See <http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/getlogin.html>. + + Most programs don't need to use this function, because the information is + available through environment variables: + ${LOGNAME-$USER} on Unix platforms, + $USERNAME on native Windows platforms. */ # if !@HAVE_DECL_GETLOGIN_R@ extern int getlogin_r (char *name, size_t size) _GL_ARG_NONNULL ((1));