I believe you can use something like '%USERPROFILE%\DESKTOP' as the path on a windows machine to get to the current users desktop directory. I'm not sure if the python open() command will expand that correctly, but give it a shot.
-Josh On 10/6/07, goldtech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone link me or explain the following: > > I open a file in a python script. I want the new file's location to be > on the user's desktop in a Windows XP environment. fileHandle = open > (....., 'w' ) what I guess I'm looking for is an environmental > variable that will usually be correct on most XP desktops and will > work in the open statement. Or is there another way? > > Thanks > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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