system_info_unix.hpp

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/*
  CLAW - a C++ Library Absolutely Wonderful

  CLAW is a free library without any particular aim but being useful to 
  anyone.

  Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Julien Jorge

  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  Lesser General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA

  contact: julien.jorge@gamned.org
*/
#ifndef __CLAW_SYSTEM_INFO_UNIX_HPP__
#define __CLAW_SYSTEM_INFO_UNIXHPP__

#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>

namespace claw
{
  class system_info
  {
  public:
    /*------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    static std::string get_user_name()
    {
      std::string result( get_environment("USER") );

      if ( result.empty() )
         result = get_environment("LOGNAME");

      return result;
    } // get_user_name()

    /*------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    static std::string get_user_directory()
    {
      return get_environment("HOME");
    } // get_user_directory()

    /*------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    template<typename Sequence>
    static void get_path( Sequence& path )
    {
      //
    } // get_path()

    /*------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    static std::string get_host_name()
    {
      return get_environment("HOSTNAME");
    } // get_host_name()

    /*------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    static std::string get_temporary_directory()
    {
      return get_environment("TMPDIR");
    } // get_temporary_directory()

    /*------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    static std::string get_environment( const std::string& var )
    {
      char* value = getenv( var.c_str() );
      std::string result;

      if ( value )
  result = value;

      return result;
    } // get_environment()

  }; // class system_info
} // namespace claw

#endif // __CLAW_SYSTEM_INFO_UNIX_HPP__