Method: LinuxStat::User.home_by_username

Defined in:
lib/linux_stat/user.rb

.home_by_username(user = get_user) ⇒ Object

home_by_username(user = get_user)

Where user is the name of the user.

Returns the user’s home. By default it returns the home of the current user.

If the info isn’t available, it will return ENV.to_s.freeze



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# File 'lib/linux_stat/user.rb', line 269

def home_by_username(user = get_user)
	return ENV['HOME'].to_s.freeze unless passwd_readable?

	home = ''
	passwd.each { |x|
		splitted = x.split(?:)
		if splitted[0] == user
			home = splitted[5]
			break
		end
	}
	home
end