${LOGNAME} vs. ${USER}

[Colin Law]

On 12 July 2015 at 13:32, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Which is the correct path for my SD card ”H6_SD”?
> "/media/${LOGNAME}/H6_SD"
> or
> "/media/${USER}/H6_SD"?
>
> In my case, both ${LOGNAME} and ${USER} happens to be the same, so both
> work, but I guess that's not always true, is it?

I think https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables
suggests they are both the same.  Though why it uses the word
'similar' rather than something less ambiguous I don't know.  I always
use USER.

Colin

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