On Oct 6, 2007, at 11:31 PM, goldtech 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
>
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import os.path
home = os.path.expanduser('~')
desktop = os.path.join(home, 'Desktop')
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