From: Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@...>
Date: 2008-08-01T16:10:48+09:00
Subject: Re: How to get special directories?

Hi,

At Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:36:20 +0900,
Niklas Baumstark wrote in [ruby-talk:309687]:
> but you're right, i could use File.expand_path("~") under linux. i could 
> maybe use COM under windows and use the scripting host to get the 
> directory. but this isn't very elegant. is there no better way? if there 
> is none: is it possible to access COM from ruby?

It works with 1.8.7 and 1.8.6-p127 or lator, even on Windows,
and is the cross-platform and official recommended way.

-- 
Nobu Nakada