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+/************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Purpose: Get the users real name with the 'getpwuid' function.
+ * Notes:   This is a UNIX only program. It will not work on DOS machines
+ *          as 'getpwuid' gets its information from /etc/passwd.
+ * Author:  M J Leslie
+ * Date:    13-Jan-95
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#include <pwd.h>			/* getpwuid			*/
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+/************************************************************************/
+
+void user_name(void);
+
+/************************************************************************/
+
+main()
+{
+  user_name();
+}
+
+/************************************************************************/
+
+void user_name(void)
+{
+					/* See the getpwuid man page 
+					 * for a description of the
+					 * structure.			*/
+  struct passwd *passwd;
+					/* Get the uid of the running
+					 * process and use it to get
+					 * a record from /etc/passwd
+					 */ 
+  passwd=getpwuid(getuid());
+
+  printf("Users Real name is %s\n", passwd->pw_gecos);
+}