[IronPython] Write permissions

[Michael Foord]

On 08/07/2010 19:46, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Michael Foord
> <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>  wrote:
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>> Writing to C: in Vista and Windows 7 requires elevated permissions so your
>> application will require admin privileges. Can you not choose another
>> location to write to (one of the user folders)?
>>
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> I could.  On linux I would write to /tmp is there a similar concept in
> windows vista and 7?
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There are multiple ways of finding the temporary directory in .NET.

> Are there some good docs along the lines of .NET python equivalents of
>   win32api.GetUserName() and others?
>    


System.Environment.UserName

System.Environment almost certainly has the temp directory as well. 
Check that or System.IO.Directory.

All the best,

Michael

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