in UNIX there functions that read thru the /etc/passwd, here are a few examples: $user = getpwuid($<); #gets username if you want the full name you can do something like: ($username = (getpwnam($user))[6]) =~ s/,,,//;#gcos field , strips out the crud too in windows I use the posix module: use POSIX; $user= getlogin; #posix function to get user gettin the user full name is a bit more work, take a look at the Win32::AdminMisc package, you can read about it and get it here: http://www.roth.net/perl/adminmisc/ HTH, Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Matija Papec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 8:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: whoami? > > > > Greetings, > > is there a more elegant way to find out who is running a > script? %ENV is > not reliable and it doesn't contain USER when booting the system, and > "whoami" is external command(yuck :) ) tnx! > > > > -- > Matija >
