Try this:
import os.path
os.path.expanduser('~')
You might also find a use for
os.path.expandvars()
Kent
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stewart Midwinter
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 7:22 PM
To: pythonmac-sig@python.org
Subject: [Pythonmac-SIG] Question on user's directory ( ~ )
I have a question on use of the tilde symbol (~) to access the current
user's home directory.
If you are in a bash shell, you can "cd ~" and be in the default
user's home directory.
I want my python app to be able to switch to the user's directory.
But I can't use os.chdir('~') since Python doesn't understand the
tilde. Nor can I do this:
file = os.path.join('~', filename)
What options do I have?
thanks
S
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