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February 6, 2015 22:08
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C snippet to print working directory and effective/real user
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| char path[PATH_MAX]; | |
| // We use this getpwuid(geteuid()) construct instead of cuserid() | |
| // for portability (Works on OS X and Linux) | |
| printf("I ran in the directory %s, as effective user %s, real user %s.\n", | |
| getcwd(path, PATH_MAX), | |
| getpwuid(geteuid())->pw_name, | |
| getpwuid(getuid())->pw_name); |
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