Top "Home-directory" questions

A home directory is a file system directory on a multi-user operating system containing files for a given user of the system.

How to get the home directory in Python?

I need to get the location of the home directory of the current logged-on user. Currently, I've been using the …

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What is the best way to find the users home directory in Java?

The difficulty is that it should be cross platform. Windows 2000, XP, Vista, OSX, Linux, other unix variants. I am looking …

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What is the alternative for ~ (user's home directory) on Windows command prompt?

I'm trying to use the command prompt to move some files, I am used to the linux terminal where I …

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How to copy directories in OS X 10.7.3?

Hi I'm trying to copy my rails_projects directory from haseebjaved/Desktop/rails_projects to my home directory, which is …

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Meaning of tilde in Linux bash (not home directory)

First off, I know that ~/ is the home directory. CDing to ~ or ~/ takes me to the home directory. However, cd ~…

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Android Get Application's 'Home' Data Directory

A simple question, relating to the default 'home' directory when an app writes to the internal memory. By default, any …

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Node.js - Find home directory in platform agnostic way

Process.platform returns "win32" for Windows. On Windows a user's home directory might be C:\Users[USERNAME] or C:\Documents …

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How to modify ~/.ssh folder & files in windows?

I feel like I am missing some fundamental concept as to how the .ssh directory works in windows. I have …

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How to change home directory of Jenkins?

Simple question: How to change the jenkins home directory location? By default it points to /var/lib/jenkins whereas I …

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Obtain user's home directory

Is the following the best way of obtaining the running user's home directory? Or is there a specific function that …

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