Assigning OS Command to a var

[Kishor Chari]

Dear All,

Trying to assign $USERNAME to a variable as under;

def var uname as c.

uname = UNIX silent echo $USERNAME.

This doesnt work, any possible alternatives?

TIA.

 

[tamhas]

Read up on INPUT THROUGH

 

[RealHeavyDude]

The OS-GETENV () function should work for you.

ASSIGN cUserName = OS-GETENV ( "USERNAME" ).


HTH, RealHeavyDude.

 

[Kishor Chari]

RHD that did the trick.
Thanx.

 

[tamhas]

RHD's approach is the right one for an environment variable. Remember INPUT THROUGH for the more general requirement of the output of a Unix command.