On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 14:07, Todd Whiteman wrote:
> Another hack:
> drive = os.popen("echo %SYSTEMDRIVE%").readline().strip()
>
> rtilley wrote:
> > Is there a proper way to get this variable from Windows? I know it's in
> > the registry, but I'd rather not go there. I could not find a CSIDL
> > shell constant for it either. I've been doing this:
> >
> > os.chdir('/')
> > sys_drive = os.getcwd()
> > print sys_drive
> > C:\
> >
> > This seems too much of a hack and maybe not 100% right all of the time.
> > How could it be done better?
> >
Is there a reason why os.environ['SYSTEMDRIVE'] shouldn't work?
Hope this helps,
Carsten.
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