[Tutor] Linux Home directory

[Sandip Bhattacharya]

Shitiz Bansal wrote:
> Hi,
> The required code is:
>  
> import commands
> x= commands.getstatusoutput('echo $HOME')
>  
> x[1] gives the value of required directory as string.

I think this is more portable. Should even work correctly on Windows.

 >>> import os.path
 >>> print os.path.expanduser("~")
/home/sandip


- Sandip


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