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Reputation:

Python , Get the username in windows and then save it in a text file

I know that using getpass.getuser() command, I can get the username, but how can I save it in a text file ? So I want python to find the username and then save it in the following file username.txt

Script: 

os.path.join('..','Documents and Settings','USERNAME','Desktop'))

(Python Version 2.7 being used)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2162

Answers (1)

Richard
Richard

Reputation: 187

You have to open a txt file, construct your string then write to it. 

import getpass

# get your username
username = getpass.getuser()

# open a txt file in append mode
log = open('username.txt', 'a')

# create your string
string = os.path.join('..','Documents and Settings',username,'Desktop')

# save and close the file
log.write(string)
log.close()

or you could use pythons 'with' statement which makes sure the file is closed properly.

import getpass

# get your username
username = getpass.getuser()

# create your string
string = os.path.join('..','Documents and Settings',username,'Desktop')

with open('username.txt') as file:
    file.write(string)

Upvotes: 2

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