Method: LinuxStat::User.username_by_gid

Defined in:
lib/linux_stat/user.rb

.username_by_gid(gid = get_gid) ⇒ Object

username_by_gid(gid = get_gid)

Where gid is the group id of the user. By default it’s the gid of the current user.

It returns a String cotaining the username corresponding to the gid

But if the info isn’t available it will return an empty frozen String.



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# File 'lib/linux_stat/user.rb', line 190

def username_by_gid(gid = get_gid)
	return ''.freeze unless passwd_readable?

	username = ''.freeze
	passwd.each do |x|
		splitted = x.split(?:.freeze)
		if splitted[2].to_i == gid
			username = splitted[0]
			break
		end
	end
	username
end