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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index ee08853..9cb34de 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -325,10 +325,11 @@ process and user. .. function:: getlogin() Return the name of the user logged in on the controlling terminal of the - process. For most purposes, it is more useful to use the environment - variables :envvar:`LOGNAME` or :envvar:`USERNAME` to find out who the user - is, or ``pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]`` to get the login name of the current - real user id. + process. For most purposes, it is more useful to use + :func:`getpass.getuser` since the latter checks the environment variables + :envvar:`LOGNAME` or :envvar:`USERNAME` to find out who the user is, and + falls back to ``pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]`` to get the login name of the + current real user id. Availability: Unix, Windows. |