in reply to Re^2: getpwuid issue
in thread getpwuid issue

I suggest you actually spend the time to read and understand the responses you're given to your questions, including your previous questions. This thread started out without you asking a question, simply stating some facts. From this and previous questions you've posted I don't believe you understand the systems/technology you're working with.

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Re^4: getpwuid issue
by akrrs7 (Acolyte) on Dec 02, 2011 at 16:53 UTC
    Well...Obviously I'm a novice at perl. I had an assumption that perl could be portable across various OS - but apparently not that easily. I'm not asking anyone to implement anything...but help with providing an alternative solution.
      I had an assumption that perl could be portable across various OS - but apparently not that easily.

      Right. Perl was written on Unix systems and tries really hard to provide that interface even on other systems. But Windows really sucks at being a Unix. ;-) Your best best may be one of the modules with Win32 in its name. To find the name of a files owner, you need to call a different function on Windows.

      See also perlport and the links at the end of that document.

      Alexander

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