Re: getting login name in 4GL

I did not say whoami was the answer. You should use an universal UNIX eviromnent variable. Are you telling me UNIX does not have one for user id? whoami is just the only one I know (which does not say a whole lot), Yet, UNIX must have at least one that is always set! I've never had to deal with this in the mainframe world. If UNIX does not have a universal set of environment vars then I say pooh on it! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheryl Kendricks Internet:cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov OR cherylk@gwysmtp.jcdc.doleta.gov DTSI, Inc. Voice: 1-800-598-5008 Database Administrator - DOL Job Corps San Marcos, Texas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 14 May 1996, Chris Drauch wrote: } Cheryl Kendricks wrote } > } >I'm not in anyway a UNIX expert. But what is wrong with just using what is } >returned from the whoami command. To have control you could even set some } >var SYSUSERID='whoami' at the SYSTEM DEFAULT LOGIN SHELL. } } One some systems you will maybe find 'whoami', on some 'who am i' or just } 'who'. There are more risks using a external command, script or shell } variable than lib calls. } } -- } Chris Drauch } ...................................................................... } . c/o DRAUCH Ges.m.b.H. Tel. 43/ 3135/46387-0 . } . Gewerbestrasse 5 Fax 43/ 3135/4638728 . } . A-8071 Hausmannstaetten EMail cdr@xteam.co.at . } ...................................................................... }