Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Question on user's directory ( ~ )

[Schollnick, Benjamin]

  import os.path
  os.path.expanduser('~')
 
 you da man! That works perfectly. I mostly use Python on
 WinXP, so I haven't been familiar with that function up until now.

It's a common problem...  I ran into that once when I was moving an
PC based Python application over to MOSX...  I knew there was a way
expand it, but forgot that it wasn't automagically performed...

- Ben
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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Question on user's directory ( ~ )

[Scott Frankel]

The tilde is just UNIX shorthand for the environment variable,  
home.  You can access environment variables in python like this:

os.getenv(HOME)

Scott


On Mar 18, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Stewart Midwinter wrote:

 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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[Pythonmac-SIG] Question on user's directory ( ~ )

[Stewart Midwinter]

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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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Question on user's directory ( ~ )

[Kent Quirk]

Try this:

import os.path
os.path.expanduser('~')

You might also find a use for
os.path.expandvars()

Kent


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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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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Question on user's directory ( ~ )

[Stewart Midwinter]

On 3/18/06, Kent Quirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Try this:

 import os.path
 os.path.expanduser('~')

you da man! That works perfectly. I mostly use Python on
WinXP, so I haven't been familiar with that function up until now.

thanks again
S
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