From: Shashank Agarwal <shashank_hi@...>
Date: 2008-08-01T01:29:35+09:00
Subject: Re: How to get special directories?

Niklas Baumstark wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> how can i get ruby to get me some special directories, such as the
> home-folder on linux or "documents and settings" on windows? is there
> already some functionality available to do this or will i have to use
> platform-native functions (for example COM on windows)?
> 
> Greetings,
> Niklas

I'm not sure if this'll work, but "/" should get you the home folder in 
linux, and "C:/Documents and Settings" should work fine on Windows.
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