6.86 GETLOG — Get login name

Description:

Gets the username under which the program is running.

Standard:

GNU extension

Class:

Subroutine

Syntax:

CALL GETLOG(LOGIN)

Arguments:

LOGIN

Shall be of type CHARACTER(*).

Return value:

Stores the current user name in LOGIN. (On systems where the getlogin(3) function is not implemented, this will return a blank string.)

Example:

          PROGRAM TEST_GETLOG
            CHARACTER(32) :: login
            CALL GETLOG(login)
            WRITE(*,*) login
          END PROGRAM
     

See also:

GETUID