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Re: Owner/User Name in OSX
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Re: Owner/User Name in OSX


  • Subject: Re: Owner/User Name in OSX
  • From: bill <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:15:20 +0800

Simon,

Try this:

-- below code in one line
set longName to words 4 thru -1 of paragraph 1 of (do shell script ("finger
" & (system attribute "USER")))
-- above code in one line
set {tid, text item delimiters} to {text item delimiters, space}
set {longName, text item delimiters} to {longName as string, tid}
longName


Bill
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