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WhoAmIResult (interface)​

The type of the return value of whoami.

declare interface WhoAmIResult {
  name: string;
  uid: number;
  gid: number;
}

WhoAmIResult.name (string property)​

name: string;

WhoAmIResult.uid (number property)​

uid: number;

WhoAmIResult.gid (number property)​

gid: number;

whoami (function)​

Get info about the user the yavascript process is executing as.

Provides functionality similar to the unix binaries whoami and id.

NOTE: Doesn't work on Windows; throws an error.

declare function whoami(): WhoAmIResult;