From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2004-02-26T01:09:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Profile-independent directory specification for NT?

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:03:51 +0900, Moran, Craig M (BAH) wrote:
> Is there a way to specify a directory in Ruby that is profile-independent
> for the Windows NT variants?  For example, if I wanted to do this in VBA
> for the currently logged in user's My Documents folder, it would look
> like this: ProfilePath = Environ("USERPROFILE") & "\My Documents\"
> This way, regardless of who is logged in and runs the script, it will
> always point to their own My Documents folder.  Thanks in advance for the
> help- Craig

profile_path = "#{ENV['USERPROFILE']}\\My Documents\\"

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2004.02.25
                                         * 11.08.25