Bernhard Herzog wrote:
Peter Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Miki Tebeka wrote:
Hi all, I'm trying to write a multiplatform function that tries to
return the actual user home directory.
...
What's wrong with:
from user import home
which does about what your code does.
:-)
I suspect he simply didn't know about it. I didn't either...
The purpose of the user module is executing ~/.pythonrc.py, which may
not desirable. It definitely shouldn't be done by a library, for
instance. Also, that the user's home directory is available as
user.home is not documented, and I for one wouldn't want to rely on
that.
Then please interpret my "please use the above recipe"
as suggesting he should do what the equivalent code in
the user.py module does in terms of finding the "home folder"
of the user, rather than his own home-grown approach.
-Peter
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