In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ron Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony Houghton wrote: > >> > This works on Win XP. Not sure if it will work on Linux. >> > >> > import os >> > >> > parent = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(os.sys.argv[0]))[0] >> > file = parent + os.sep + '.bombz' >> >> Ooh, no, I don't want saved data to go in the installation directory. In >> general that practice encourages people to run with Admin access, and >> it's about time Windows users were discouraged from that. > > Yes, it occurred to me you didn't want to do that after I posted. > > Looks like maybe the correct place would be as you suggested, but maybe > doing it this way would be better. > > import os > user = os.path.join( os.environ["USERPROFILE"], > 'Application Data', > 'Bombz' )
I like that, it's nice and simple. It doesn't look like it's supported on Win 9x though, but on 9x using the installation directory would be acceptable. -- The address in the Reply-To is genuine and should not be edited. See <http://www.realh.co.uk/contact.html> for more reliable contact addresses. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
