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#1: Sep 9 '09
The internet is terrible for searching for these kinds of things... How do I get the home variable in python again? Like, if the program is run on an unix system, it'll return /home/user, and on windows it'll return c:\Documents and Settings\User or something like that?

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#2: Sep 9 '09

re: home variable?

Builtin os.environ returns a dictionary of environment variables. On my system (XP), the dictionary key is 'USERPROFILE' or 'HOMEDRIVE' + 'HOMEPATH'.
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#3: Sep 9 '09

re: home variable?

Thanks! That's going to be a great help in the future!
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