Re: [MacPerl] who is logged on

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

"Ken Cartner (News)" <ken@nando.com> writes:
>I'm working on a script that will open a text file and copy text into a
>new document. This part I have no trouble with. But what text is copied
>will depend on who the user is that is running the script. So here's my
>question.
>
>How can I find out who the user is? I know that the user will have a
>particular volume mounted (because the script will be run from this
>volume). Is there a way in MacPerl to find out how the user is logged
>on, ie the user name?

I can offer you one certain and one uncertain promise:

 - What is certain is that in MacPerl 5.1.5, $ENV{USER} will be defined as
   the user name entered in the Sharing Setup Control Panel.
 - A more precise definition for your question might be the user name used
   to log on to one particular AppleShare volume. I'll have a look at this, and
   if it doesn't look too difficult, I might support that in Mac::Files or
   Mac::MoreFiles.

Matthias

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