WHOAMI(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		WHOAMI(1)



NAME
     whoami - display effective user id

SYNOPSIS
     whoami

DESCRIPTION
     The whoami utility has been obsoleted by the id(1) utility,
     and is equivalent to ``id -un''.  The command ``id -p'' is
     suggested for normal interactive use.

     The whoami utility displays your effective user ID as a
     name.

     The whoami utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error
     occurs.

SEE ALSO
     id(1)




































Printed 11/26/99	  June 25, 1997                         1