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getlogin
Returns the current login from /etc/utmp, if any. If null, use getpwuid().

    $login = getlogin || getpwuid($<) || "Kilroy";

Do not consider getlogin() for authentication: it is not as secure as getpwuid().

Source: Perl builtin functions
Copyright: Larry Wall, et al.
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