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This is an example of documentation generated by ZigDoc, an alternative to Zig's built-in Auto Doc feature. See also examples in other modes/formats. The project being documented here (as the example) is the Zig standard library. Public Function

getUserInfo

Public Function
std.process.getUserInfo
pub fn getUserInfo(io: Io, name: []const u8) !UserInfo

POSIX function which gets a uid from username.

Params

  • io: Io
  • name: []const u8

File

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pub fn getUserInfo(io: Io, name: []const u8) !UserInfo {
    return switch (native_os) {
        .linux,
        .driverkit,
        .ios,
        .maccatalyst,
        .macos,
        .tvos,
        .visionos,
        .watchos,
        .freebsd,
        .netbsd,
        .openbsd,
        .haiku,
        .illumos,
        .serenity,
        => posixGetUserInfo(io, name),
        else => @compileError("Unsupported OS"),
    };
}