method

from_name

ruby latest stable - Class: Process::UID

from_name(p1)

public

Get the user ID by the name. If the user is not found, ArgumentError will be raised.

Process::UID.from_name("root") #=> 0
Process::UID.from_name("nosuchuser") #=> can't find user for nosuchuser (ArgumentError)

static VALUE
p_uid_from_name(VALUE self, VALUE id)
{
    return UIDT2NUM(OBJ2UID(id));
}