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Old 08-27-2010, 07:30 PM   #1
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Why no NAME?

Hi,

Ubuntu is the first *nix that I found that doesn't have the NAME environment variable:

Code:
$ env | grep ^NAME || echo no found
no found
Anybody knows why?
 
Old 08-27-2010, 07:51 PM   #2
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Never heard of it. What is it supposed to do? Do you mean LOGNAME?
 
Old 08-27-2010, 11:19 PM   #3
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Never heard of it.
My bad, it was my invention that I've long forgot.
 
  


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