Amir Dekel wrote:
2. os.path.expanduser("~") always gives me "C:\\" instead of my homepath. I have tried to change my homepath in WinXP using set homepath(in command line), and alsaw using the "Environment Variables" in WinXP system properties, non helped. I really have to fix this somehow.
Well, according to os.path.expanduser()'s docstring, it uses the $HOME environment variable to determine how to expand ~. I don't know what's standard on Windows, but I tried checking for a $HOME and found none. Here's (a slightly redacted copy of) what I *do* find (Win2K):
>>> for key, val in os.environ.items():
... print '%15s %s' % (key, val)
... TMP C:\DOCUME~1\Jeff\LOCALS~1\Temp
USERNAME jeff
COMPUTERNAME ######
LOGONSERVER ######
COMSPEC C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe
USERDOMAIN #######
COMMONPROGRAMFILES C:\Program Files\Common Files
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER x86 Family #...
PROGRAMFILES C:\Program Files
PROCESSOR_REVISION 0806
PATHEXT .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;#....
SYSTEMROOT C:\WINNT
PATH C:\Python22\.;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;##....
APPDATA C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff\Application Data
TEMP C:\DOCUME~1\Jeff\LOCALS~1\Temp
HOMEDRIVE C:
SYSTEMDRIVE C:
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE x86
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS 1
ALLUSERSPROFILE C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINNT
PROCESSOR_LEVEL 6
HOMEPATH \
OS2LIBPATH C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;
USERPROFILE C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff
OS Windows_NT
WINDIR C:\WINNT
>>>
Judging from this, I think that os.environ['USERPROFILE'] seems like it may do what you want, though os.environ['APPDATA'] might be useful as well. Of course, if you're trying to get something to work cross-platform, things may be more difficult -- but that's because Windows doesn't normally use ~ so its use is not supported very well. You may be able to create a $HOME that's equivalent to $USERPROFILE...
Jeff Shannon Technician/Programmer Credit International
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