• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• METHODS
• string = Glib::get_application_name
• Glib::set_application_name ($application_name)
• string = Glib::get_home_dir
• string = Glib::get_real_name
• string = Glib::get_tmp_dir
• string = Glib::get_user_name
• SEE ALSO
• COPYRIGHT

NAME

Glib::Utils - Miscellaneous utility functions

SYNOPSIS

  use Glib;
  Glib::set_application_name (Glib::get_real_name."'s Cool Program");

  print "app name is ".Glib::get_application_name()."\n";

DESCRIPTION

Here are some useful miscellaneous utilities. GLib is a portability library, providing portable utility functions for C programs. As such, most of these functions seem to violate the Glib binding principle of not duplicating functionality that Perl already provides, but there's a distinction for each one, i swear. The functions for dealing with user information are provided on all GLib-supported platforms, not just where POSIX (which provides similar information) is available, and even work on platforms where %ENV may not include the expected information. Also, the ``application name'' referred to by (set|get)_application_name is a human readable name, distinct from the actual program name provided by Perl's own $0.

METHODS

string = Glib::get_application_name

Get the human-readable application name set by set_application_name.

Since: glib 2.2

Glib::set_application_name ($application_name)

• $application_name (string)
  

  Set the human-readable application name.

  Since: glib 2.2

string = Glib::get_home_dir

Find the current user's home directory, by system-dependent/appropriate means.

string = Glib::get_real_name

Get the current user's real name.

string = Glib::get_tmp_dir

Get the temp dir as appropriate for the current system. See the GLib docs for info on how it works.

string = Glib::get_user_name

Get the current user's name by whatever system-dependent means necessary.

SEE ALSO

the Glib manpage

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2003-2007 by the gtk2-perl team.

This software is licensed under the LGPL. See the Glib manpage for a full notice.