node.js wrapper for POSIX {getpwuid()} function. The main use of this method is to convert numeric user ids (e.g. as obtainable from {process.getuid()}) into string user names.
For more info
man getpwuid
npm install getpw
or
git clone http://github.com/femto113/node-getpw.git
cd getpw
npm link
var getpw = require("getpw");
console.log(getpw.getpwuid(process.getuid())
outputs something like
{ pw_name: 'femto113', pw_uid: 113, pw_gid: 22, pw_dir: '/home/femto113', pw_shell: '/bin/tcsh' }
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node.js wrapper for POSIX getpwuid() function
The npm package getpw receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, getpw popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that getpw demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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