--- "Balint, Jess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all. I am working on a script ON UNIX!
Don't scream... many Perl programmers use Unix, its quite common actually. > that needs the current username. Is there any > environment variable that has this? You are looking for $< (Real) and $> (Effective) which give the numerical values. You can look up usernames via getpwent(). perldoc op > Or am I doomed to parsing `who am i`? TIA. You need some therapy mate... all these negative thoughts. Think positively! :P Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]