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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:37:20 +0100
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
CC: Piotr Eljasiak <eljasiak AT neptun DOT gdansk DOT tpsa DOT pl>,
Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Subject: Re: Patch to make getlogin() examine env. var. USERNAME
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Note that I made LOGNAME be in preference to USER, since otherwise those
> who define LOGNAME will have the same problem as with USERNAME.

If getlogin() defaults to "dosuser" in the absence of USERNAME, etc., is
there any point defining it DJGPP.ENV? It seems like the definition in
DJGPP.ENV is redundant.

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