How do I get the username of system?

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Bill,

On Windows machines, you can use

put $USERNAME

and on Mac OS X you use

put $USER

On Linux it is probably one of these, but I can't check it right now. I 
don't think you can do this easily on iOS and Android, but you might be 
able to read the contacts list and find the owner there.

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On 10/28/2013 00:13, Bill Vlahos wrote:
> I can use the hostname function to get the domain name. Is it possible to get the user name (long or short)? I’m trying to pre-populate a field with the name of the user.
>
> I see there is an Mac external to do this so I’m thinking it isn’t built in to LC and I can’t find it in the docs.
>
> Is it possible without an external? I want it for Mac, Windows, and iOS and maybe Android in the future.
>
> Bill Vlahos