Get Computer Name and logged user name

Question

I am developing an application. One of the methods needs to capture the computer name and user logged on the machine, then display both to the user. I need it to run on both Windows and Linux. What is the best way to do this?

Answer 1

In Windows environment you can use getenv("COMPUTERNAME"), getenv("USERNAME")
In Linux - getenv("HOSTNAME"), getenv("USER")

See getenv reference