From: Niklas Baumstark <niklas.baumstark@...>
Date: 2008-08-01T02:13:37+09:00
Subject: Re: How to get special directories?

Eric Hodel wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2008, at 07:57 AM, Niklas Baumstark wrote:
>> 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)?
> 
> To get folders like 'documents and settings' on windows you need to
> use win32api.  Depending on language, these may have different names.

okay so i have to make a platform switch... is it possible that you 
could give an example of what API-Call to do and how?

Greetings,
Niklas
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