Standard library · System and tools

os/user

Who is running the program, and the standard directories that belong to them.

import os.user

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Functions

Programs usually keep their settings in the user config directory and throwaway data in the user cache directory. This package gives the right path on every operating system; the config directory is ~/.config on Linux and somewhere else on macOS and Windows.

Functions

`Username`

func Username(): str

The name of the current user.

os-user-Username.salam

import os.user

func main:
    println user.Username().len() > 0
    println user.Uid() >= 0, user.Gid() >= 0
    println user.HomeDir().len() > 0
    println user.ConfigDir().len() > 0, user.CacheDir().len() > 0
end

Outputtrue true true true true true