${LOGNAME} vs. ${USER}

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2015-07-12 14:49 GMT+02:00 Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>:

> 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
>
>
And it also says, about USER: ”You probably shouldn't change its value
manually”
Can I change it or not…? Not that I'd ever want to, but ”probably”…?


Johnny Rosenberg


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