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

In article <1360q767cgc9i72@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 SM Ryan <wyrmwif@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Gregory Weston <uce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> # > # contains whatever information is needed to find the given object;
the 
> # > # internal structure of an FSRef is likely to vary based on the
volume 
> # > # format, and may vary based on the particular object being
identified."
> # > 
> # > This is Unix: what identifies an object is the path.
> # 
> # No. Flat out wrong. A path identifies a _location_. It does not
identify 
> # an object, and that distinction is precisely why paths fall down in
some 
> # cir***stances.
> 
> Whatever you want to define as an object,

What I'd like to define as an object is an actual entity in the file 
system.

> the fact remains that MacOSX is Unix,

For some definitions of Unix.

> which means the kernel is using paths and file descriptors.

Another "obvious" assumption?

> The purpose of FSRef is to make a Unix machine look
> like a System 6 era machine.

For some definitions of look like.

> You can remain compatiable to dead operating system, or you can become
> compatiable with a current operating system.

Seems to me FSRefs are quite compatible with a current operating system.