whoami and bash

[Luciano Rocha]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 02:37:37PM +0200, Francois wrote:
> > Why do you not use the "id -u" command and check for 0 as result?
> 
> Yes, I could do that. thanks. Francois

If you're checking for root user, you can use also $UID.
if [ $UID -eq 0 ]; then
	echo "I am root"
else
	echo "I am a lowly user with id $UID"
fi

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lfr
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