On Friday, August 16, 2002, at 01:22 , Rus Foster wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> does anybody know a possibility how to ascertain the current User (User
>> Id,
>> Username) ?
[..]
> use English;
> print $UID;
> print $GID;
>
perldoc perlvar
will lead you to the other traditional ways
my $uid = $<;
my $e_uid = $>;
my $gid = $(;
my $e_gid = $);
I have my nagging doubts about
use English;
when coding in perl...
and as john has mentioned
perldoc -f getpwuid
or you can play with the
perldoc POSIX
if that makes you feel happier....
ciao
drieux
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