Hi there im writing a pretty simple program (until now) that will use the net command on 98 boxes to map a drive with a statement like this "system("NET USE h: \\\\jafs\\$me");" the thing is that i would rather just grab the username from a net config statement instead of prompting the user so overall this is what im trying to do..

use strict;
system("NET CONFIG")

"get $me from username output of net config"

system("NET USE h: \\\\jafs\\$me");


btw the output of the net config command looks like this on a 98 box:(underscores for spacing);
C:\perl\bin>net config
Computer name__________________\\LIB211406
User name______________________Bjones
Workgroup_____________________workgroup
workstation root directory__________C:\Windows

Software version_______________4.10.1998
Redirector version_____________4.00
The command was completed successfully"

Your humble perl savant,
N1n3r

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