Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!eplunix!mrn From: mrn@eplunix.UUCP (Mark R. Nilsen) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Chooser name -- where is it stored? Message-ID: <1033@eplunix.UUCP> Date: 14 Feb 91 21:36:23 GMT References: <2294.27b91268@spacm1.spac.spc.com> Organization: Eaton-Peabody Lab, Boston, MA Lines: 12 in article <2294.27b91268@spacm1.spac.spc.com>, audit038@spacm1.spac.spc.com says: > > Where can I get the name typed into the chooser window? I could do an NBP This may not be the best way to do it but Think C gives you the unix call getlogin(). I assume they included it to be ANSI compatible. It returns the name in the chooser. syntax: #include char *getlogin(void); --Mark.