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Jishaxe

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[SOLVED] Shortcut for home directory location
« on: April 15, 2011, 07:49:24 pm »
Hello,
I'm making a cross-platform program, and I need to add configuration folders for it.
For Linux I am planning to have the configuration directory as a hidden folder in the user's home directory.
For example, /home/user/.floody
But I need to know what the user's home directory is called. How would I find this out?
I tried just using '~' which on command line equals the user's home directory but it didn't work.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Re: Shortcut for home directory location
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2011, 08:06:24 pm »
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Re: Shortcut for home directory location
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2011, 08:11:36 pm »
Quote from: Blaazen on April 15, 2011, 08:06:24 pm
Look here: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Multiplatform_Programming_Guide#Configuration_files
Ah excellent, this is what I love about Pascal. Functions for everything :)
Thanks much!
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