python-awips/awips/localization/LocalizationUtil.py

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#
# Utilities for localization.
#
# SOFTWARE HISTORY
#
# Date      Ticket#  Engineer  Description
# --------- -------- --------- --------------------------
# 04/23/19  7756     mapeters  Initial creation

import getpass

def getUser():
    '''
    Get the user context name.
    '''
    try:
        # Match Java's way of determining the user if we have Jep access
        from java.lang import System
        user = System.getProperty('user.name')
    except:
        # Otherwise use built-in getpass module. With IdM, this can return
        # user.name@REALM, so strip the @REALM portion if it exists.
        user = getpass.getuser()
        user = user.split('@')[0]
    return user