fles::system Namespace Reference

Namespace for system-related utilty functions. More...

Functions
std::string	stringerror (int errnum)
	Textual description of system error messages.
std::string	current_username ()
	Retrieve current user name.
std::string	current_hostname ()
	Retrieve current host name.
std::string	current_domainname ()
	Retrieve current domain name.

Detailed Description

Namespace for system-related utilty functions.

Function Documentation

current_domainname()

std::string fles::system::current_domainname

(

)

Retrieve current domain name.

This is a thin C++ wrapper around getdomainname(), which gets the standard NIS domain name for the current host.

Returns

current domain name

current_hostname()

std::string fles::system::current_hostname

(

)

Retrieve current host name.

This is a thin C++ wrapper around gethostname(), which gets the name of the current host.

Returns

current host name

Referenced by fles::ArchiveDescriptor::ArchiveDescriptor().

current_username()

std::string fles::system::current_username

(

)

Retrieve current user name.

This is a thin C++ wrapper around getpwuid_r(), which obtains information from the system password database.

Returns

user name corresponding to current process

Referenced by fles::ArchiveDescriptor::ArchiveDescriptor().

stringerror()

std::string fles::system::stringerror

(

int

errnum

)

Textual description of system error messages.

This is a thin C++ wrapper around strerror_r(), which looks up the error message string corresponding to an error number.

Parameters

errnum

Error number

Returns

message string