johnf wrote:
> On Thursday 05 February 2009 07:06:17 pm Bob Sysero llc Dev wrote:
>
>> Ed Leafe wrote:
>>
>>> On Feb 5, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Bob Sysero llc Dev wrote:
>>>
>>>> The error message if I am right in the command line is telling me that
>>>> python has no scope about $HOME and that is why I am getting the
>>>> error.
>>>>
>>> That's an bash variable, not a Python value.
>>>
>>> You can access your home directory with the following:
>>>
>>> import os
>>> print os.path.expanduser("~/temp/l.txt")
>>>
>>>
>>> -- Ed Leaf
>>>
>> I just tried it in the command line and I like it "os.path.expanduser()".
>>
>> Thank you
>> Bob
>>
> What's the parameter you are passing?
>
All I did was print os.path.expanduser("~/temp/l.txt")
>>> print os.path.expanduser("~/temp/l.txt")
/home/bobsysero/temp/l.txt
>>>
>>> print os.path.expanduser("~/")
/home/bobsysero/
>>>
The print os.path.expanduser("~/") is a simple way to get the home path.
I need to check the Python documentation on more details.
Bob
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