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Get Information of User in Golang

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Get Information of the Current User

user.Current() returns information of the current (real) user. If the code is run by a non-root user named some_user on Linux, then information of some_user is returned. However, if some_user has sudo

Hands on Array in Golang

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Comment

  1. Array in Golang is similar to Array in Rust in the sense that the length of an array is part of its type and must be determined at compile time.

  2. Array is a primitive (value) type in Golang. When assigned to another variable or passed as a parameter, it is copied! For this reason, array is not a good interface to use. Slice is prefer to array for function parameters.