Module whoami::fallible

Fallible versions of the whoami APIs.

Some of the functions in the root module will return “Unknown” or “localhost” on error. This might not be desirable in some situations. The functions in this module all return a Result.

Functions

• account
  Get the user’s account name; usually just the username, but may include an account server hostname.
• account_os
  Get the user’s account name; usually just the username, but may include an account server hostname.
• devicename
  Get the device name (also known as “Pretty Name”).
• devicename_os
  Get the device name (also known as “Pretty Name”).
• distro
  Get the name of the operating system distribution and (possibly) version.
• hostname
  Get the host device’s hostname.
• realname
  Get the user’s real (full) name.
• realname_os
  Get the user’s real (full) name.
• username
  Get the user’s username.
• username_os
  Get the user’s username.