I would personally suggest using getpass.getuser()
for maximum portability. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 6:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Tutor] Windows user variable ? Quoting Dave S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Turned out that I called the file 'memo.txt', Windows decided it was a > text file and it ended up as 'memo.txt.txt'. The windows display > strips anything after the '.', found the problem via dos :) I recomment going to Windows Explorer -> Folder Options and unchecking the "Hide extensions for known file types" option :-) > Anyhow - When logged into 2000 as an administrator or user is there a > system variable that I can read to let the script know who I am logged > in as ? If you have the win32 extensions, try win32api.GetUserName(). -- John. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
