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diff --git a/Doc/library/getpass.rst b/Doc/library/getpass.rst index 5eb9f04..82b1191 100644 --- a/Doc/library/getpass.rst +++ b/Doc/library/getpass.rst @@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ The :mod:`getpass` module provides two functions: Return the "login name" of the user. This function checks the environment variables :envvar:`LOGNAME`, - :envvar:`USER`, :envvar:`LNAME` and :envvar:`USERNAME`, in order, and returns - the value of the first one which is set to a non-empty string. If none are set, - the login name from the password database is returned on systems which support - the :mod:`pwd` module, otherwise, an exception is raised. + :envvar:`USER`, :envvar:`LNAME` and :envvar:`USERNAME`, in order, and + returns the value of the first one which is set to a non-empty string. If + none are set, the login name from the password database is returned on + systems which support the :mod:`pwd` module, otherwise, an exception is + raised. + In general, this function should be preferred over :func:`os.getlogin()`. |