[Lazarus] real user name

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Reenen Laurie wrote:

> Sorry for digging up an old thread...
> 
> I just want to know... Is this code crossplatfrom?
> 
> GetUserData(FpGetuid, Data);
> > Result.Name:= Data.pw_name;
> > Result.Real_name:= Data.pw_gecos;
> > Result.User_id:= Data.pw_uid;
> > Result.Group_id:= Data.pw_gid;
> > Result.home_dir:= Data.pw_dir;
> > Result.shell:= Data.pw_shell;

It definitely won't work on Windows, but all unix-like platforms should be fine.

Michael.

> >
> 
> If not, is some of it?  Specifically the Data.pw_name
> 
> Regards,
> -Reenen
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Andrea Mauri <andrea.mauri.75 at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > Marco van de Voort ha scritto:
> > > In our previous episode, Andrea Mauri said:
> > >
> > >> I solved using GetUserData procedure from users unit.
> > >>
> > >>   GetUserData(FpGetuid, Data);
> > >>   Result.Name:= Data.pw_name;
> > >>   Result.Real_name:= Data.pw_gecos;
> > >>   Result.User_id:= Data.pw_uid;
> > >>   Result.Group_id:= Data.pw_gid;
> > >>   Result.home_dir:= Data.pw_dir;
> > >>   Result.shell:= Data.pw_shell;
> > >>
> > >
> > > Note that that avoids _unit_ libc but not _library_ libc.
> > >
> > > That said, the above example code will probably work well on FreeBSD and
> > OS
> > > X too (contrary to _unit_ libc)
> > >
> >
> > That's what I want.
> > a.
> >
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