Long variable issue

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Feb 03, 2021, Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list wrote:
>Ernie,
>
>This just doesn't even come close to answering my question.  Why is the
>declared value not able to accept the value of getenv()?
>If:
>Then: declare uname
>If" uname= ""
>Then: uname=getenv("username") - in this instance uname should have rkreiss
>as value.

Is the username environment variable something you set other than
what the system does on login?

Looking at my Linux and an OpenServer system, there are two
environment variables set, USER=bill and LOGNAME=bill (all
uppercase).

Bill
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