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