From: Sam Roberts <sroberts@...>
Date: 2005-04-03T12:08:40+09:00
Subject: Re: how do I find the name of the current user?

Quoting csaba@phony_for_avoiding_spam.org, on Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 11:54:43AM +0900:
> On 2005-04-03, Sam Roberts <sroberts@uniserve.com> wrote:
> > I'm thinking Etc.getlogin followed by Etc.getpwnam.gecos might be best
> > on unix, is there a windowsy equivalent?
> 
> Would this help you?
> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/135205

It looks great, but I don't want to use it until its in the stdlib. Its
a little more than I want to get the name of the current user.

But, I'll remember, I might need it in the future.

Thanks
Sam