On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Reenen Laurie wrote:
> Ok, so if I want code in which I want to get the username, which is
> crossplatform... how should it look?
>
> {$ifdef windows}
> username := GetEnvironmentVariable('USERNAME');
> {$endif}
I'm not sure if this is correct; There is a windows call to get the
current user name.
> {$ifdef linux}
> GetUserData(FpGetuid, Data);
> username := Data.pw_uid;
> {$endif}
>
> How about MacOS?
For MacOS the linux construct should work ?
>
> Also, as a matter of interest... what types are FpGetuid and Data?
Integer (or word) and pw_nam, I think ?
Michael.
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