USER_EXISTS(2)            SYSTEM CALLS             USER_EXISTS(2)

NAME
     user_exists - "determines whether a user exists

SYNOPSIS
     int user_exists(string user);

DESCRIPTION
     Returns 1 if user exists  on  this  mud,  otherwise  returns
     zero.

     Checks to see if there is a file called

       /data/users/<first letter of user's name>/user.o

     e.g. user_exists("Ichabod") would check to see if there  was
     a file called /data/users/i/ichabod.o.

SEE ALSO
     /adm/simul_efun/existence.c

AUTHOR
     Ichabod@TMI, 2/1/93


MudOS Release 0.9         Last change:                   3-19-93