os.getenv('HOME') will return the user's home directory as long as that
environment variable is set.
you can also use the pwd module:
>>> pwd.getpwnam('mtw')
('mtw', 'x', 1000, 1000, ',,,', '/home/mtw', '/bin/bash')
-mtw
On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 07:55:14PM +0200, learner404 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to read a configuration file from a small python app (user
> preferences).
>
> The ".myapp.conf" is in the home folder of the user.
>
> if I do:
>
> f=open("/home/user1/.myapp.conf","r") #it works
>
> obviously I won't know the home user folder name then I wanted to use:
>
> f=open("~/.myapp.conf","r") # but it returns a IOError: [Errno 2] No such
> file or directory:
>
> How can I do to access this file whatever the user is ?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
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