From: Kless <jonas.esp@...>
Date: 2008-10-15T02:04:56+09:00
Subject: Re: User home

On 14 oct, 17:31, Jesús Gabriel y Galán <jgabrielyga...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Kless <jonas....@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Is there any method to get the value of user home which in Linux would
> > be stored in $HOME?
>
> ENV['HOME']
>
> > Valid for windows and mac osx too
>
> Not sure...
After of questioning on IRC:

It's valid too on OSX.

In Windows it's not always set, usually only if your system is on a
domain. But can be used ENV['USERPROFILE'] if ENV['HOME'] isn't set
and you'll be okay most of the time.