From: Park Heesob <heesobpark@...>
Date: 2001-11-01T22:03:16+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:24076] Re: getpwnam()....


Hi,
> I've seen references to an Etc module that is a wrapper to getpwnam().
> Anyone know either:
> 
> a) where that module exists (can't seem to find it); or
> 
> b) if I'm missing something that's staring me in the face (is it
> built-in and under a different name)?
> 
> Thanks in advance.  -sc

Etc module is built-in and located at "/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/i686-linux/etc.so" in my case

sample code:

require 'etc'
a = Etc.getpwnam('root')
p a.uid

Park Heesob

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