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Date:	Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:15:23 -0400
Message-Id:	<200007202015.QAA32263@envy.delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	yap_noel AT jpmorgan DOT com
CC:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
In-reply-to:	<85256922.006D85C7.00@nyc-ntgw-n01.ny.jpmorgan.com>
	(yap_noel AT jpmorgan DOT com)
Subject:	Re: "who am i" bug?
References:	<85256922 DOT 006D85C7 DOT 00 AT nyc-ntgw-n01 DOT ny DOT jpmorgan DOT com>

> "who am i" doesn't output anything.  Shouldn't it output my username?

"who am i" reports who you logged in as.  Since you didn't "log in" to
cygwin, it has no record of you.  Since it can't find a record of your
login (in /var/rum/utmp) it can't report anything.

Perhaps what you want is "id -un" ?

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