From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2003-08-13T13:17:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Variables

Hi,

At Wed, 13 Aug 2003 12:57:30 +0900,
Carl Yeksigian wrote:
> How do you: get the OS variable that you are currently running on

What do you mean by "the OS variable"?

> the name of the user that is running the application?

$ ruby -e 'p ENV["USER"]'
"nobu"
$ ruby -e 'p ENV["LOGNAME"]'
"nobu"
$ ruby -retc -e 'p Etc.getlogin'
"nobu"

-- 
Nobu Nakada