From: Alan Chen <aero6dof@...>
Date: 2004-08-18T09:50:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Path of Home directory

Martin Ankerl wrote:
> ~/.speedreader
>
> Dir.chdir
> homewd = Dir.pwd
>
> Does this work in windows too? I have currently no access to a
windows
> machine.

Based on my test on a win 2000 system - no.

For windows systems, you might try ENV['USERPROFILE'] + "/Local
Settings/Application Data/" to store your app data. (I suspect more
robust way to determine this path).  I don't know if this applies to
other Win versions.