Re: Get login name and/or path to home directory of current user?

In article <135qa6897ko7h6c@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 SM Ryan <wyrmwif@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> # The good news is that I always know the file's path: 
> # "/Users/LoginName/Client.log", so I can easily pass it to 
> # FSPathMakeRef() to get an FSRef to work with.
> 
> char fpath[] = "%s/Client.log";
> char path[sizeof fpath+strlen(homedirectory)];
> sprintf(path,fpath,homedirectory);
> 
> FSRef is evil.

OK, I'll play along... Why is FSRef evil? Please be specific and 
convincing. 

Personally, I find that they're rather convenient. Much more so than 
going through the unix gyrations you suggest. (and without needing to 
worry about setuid and/or daemon-related "uh-oh"s, and similar weirdness 
that you mentioned later in your post.)

Another poster suggested, and now that I know about it, I'll be using, 
the Carbon function "FSFindFolder()", which gives me exactly what I'm 
looking for (Namely, the FSRef of the user's home directory, which I can 
then graft the filename onto with an amount of heartburn that closely 
approaches zero) in a single call. If that's "evil", mark me down as 
part of the "brotherhood of evil coders" :) 

<evil, insane laughter starts fading into the distance, then suddenly 
cuts off> Hey! Who stole my key-card for the door of the BOEC hall??? 
Bah... I'll just hack the door! It's what a TRUE evil coder would do, 
right? :)

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