From:	"M. Schulter" <mschulter AT value DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: I cannot compile "who" program.
Date:	19 Apr 1999 01:44:46 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

: `who' isn't ported because it doesn't make sense in the DOS/Windows
: environment: there's only one user logged in at any given time, and
: the only information `who' can print is its username, which is what
: `whoami' does.  `whoami' *is* ported and _should_ be built if you
: compile Sh-utils.

Hello, there, and this is just to confirm that 'whoami' performs as
advertised: it returns

dosuser

Please let me add that while this might not necessarily be the most
important of DJGPP programs <grin>, other programs in the various
file/text/shell utilities have really changed my everyday life: for
example 'ls' with its powerful UNIX-style wildcards.

Most appreciatively,

Margo Schulter
mschulter AT value DOT net

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