Python switch between users

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I am trying to implement a switch at the beginning of my code, in order to change the working directory based on who's running the code. In Stata, this exists and looks like the following:

if "`c(username)'" == "albert" { 
    local PATH "/home/albert/Dropbox/Project1"
} 
else if "`c(username)'" == "charlene" {
    local PATH "C:/Users/charlene/Documents/Dropbox/Project1"
}

I am just missing the "user" part in python. Does anyone knows if that even exists ?

Use a `dict` mapping usernames to paths, i.e. `{"albert": "/home/albert/Dropbox/Project1", ...}` — tobias_k, Aug 26 '20 at 08:20
But also, what exactly are you using this for? Is this supposed to be a directory relative to the current user's home? For this, there's be better ways than a pseudo-switch. — tobias_k, Aug 26 '20 at 08:22
Python has if, elif, else statements, if that is what you are wondering... — juanpa.arrivillaga, Aug 26 '20 at 08:23
@tobias_k yes, this would be used to run my code without having to change the working directory between users. — krasnapolsky, Aug 26 '20 at 08:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 26 '20 at 08:18

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Would the getpass.getuser() function do the trick?

answered Aug 26 '20 at 08:18

Jiří Baum

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