Re: $USER vs. $LOGNAME and the EnvironmentVariables wiki page

2024-03-25 Thread Max Nikulin
On 26/03/2024 02:48, Patrice Duroux wrote: 1. Using CodeSearch, it is not clear to me when to use one or the other. Some additions to Greg's answer. From (info "(libc) Standard-Environment") https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Standard-Environment.html 25.4.2 Standard

Re: $USER vs. $LOGNAME and the EnvironmentVariables wiki page

2024-03-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 08:48:04PM +0100, Patrice Duroux wrote: > Hi, > > 1. Using CodeSearch, it is not clear to me when to use one or the other. Your original Subject: header mentions $USER and $LOGNAME so I assume you're asking about these. $LOGNAME is the standard variable which is set by

$USER vs. $LOGNAME and the EnvironmentVariables wiki page

2024-03-25 Thread Patrice Duroux
Hi, 1. Using CodeSearch, it is not clear to me when to use one or the other. 2. Would it be nice if the EnvironmentVariables page were linked to a new page named EnvironmentVariablesList (the same way as DotFiles and DotFilesList)? Best, Patrice