On Sep 21, 2006, at 10:32 AM, Kate Wood wrote: > On 9/21/06, Alex Brelsfoard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I know I've done this before, but I'm having a hard time finding >> my old >> code, and am not using the right search terms on google... >> All I am looking for is the quickest method to find the user who >> is calling >> this script. >> This is a script that will only ever be run by shell command on a >> Linux >> system. > > > my $user = `whoami`
Without shelling, use $<, or $REAL_USER_ID if you use English. perl -le'print join ":",getpwuid($<)' -- Andy Lester => [EMAIL PROTECTED] => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
