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author | Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> | 2008-01-27 11:37:44 +0100 |
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committer | Tobias Klauser <tklauser@xenon.tklauser.home> | 2008-01-27 11:37:44 +0100 |
commit | 7e0f021a9aec35fd8e6725e87e3313b101d26f5e (patch) | |
tree | b1cacc4b24393f517aeb4610e9e1021f954307a8 /reference/C/EXAMPLES/user_name.c |
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diff --git a/reference/C/EXAMPLES/user_name.c b/reference/C/EXAMPLES/user_name.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4a7421a --- /dev/null +++ b/reference/C/EXAMPLES/user_name.c @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ + +/************************************************************************ + * + * Purpose: Get the users real name with the 'getpwuid' function. + * Notes: This is a UNIX only program. It will not work on DOS machines + * as 'getpwuid' gets its information from /etc/passwd. + * Author: M J Leslie + * Date: 13-Jan-95 + * + ************************************************************************/ + +#include <pwd.h> /* getpwuid */ +#include <sys/types.h> + +/************************************************************************/ + +void user_name(void); + +/************************************************************************/ + +main() +{ + user_name(); +} + +/************************************************************************/ + +void user_name(void) +{ + /* See the getpwuid man page + * for a description of the + * structure. */ + struct passwd *passwd; + /* Get the uid of the running + * process and use it to get + * a record from /etc/passwd + */ + passwd=getpwuid(getuid()); + + printf("Users Real name is %s\n", passwd->pw_gecos); +} |