[FIXED] How to get a list of system users in vlang?

Issue

I am trying to list all the system users, I know that on Linux I could use awk -F: '{ print $1 }' /etc/passwd and on Windows I could use wmic useraccount get name but I was wondering if there was function in V that would be better suited for it and didn't require different commands for Linux and Windows.

Solution

EDIT: You can now use fn user_names() ?[]string from the os module in order to get the names of users on the system.

There currently is now way to get a list of users on the system. However you can you compile time if statements to execute the commands you referred to above.

import os

fn main() {
    $if windows {
        result := os.execute('wmic useraccount get name')?
    } $else $if linux {
        result := os.execute('awk -F: "{ print $1 }" /etc/passwd')?
    } $else {
        println('unsupported os')
    }
    // do something with result
}

Answered By - Adam Oates

Answer Checked By - Katrina (PHPFixing Volunteer)