From: "Moran, Craig M (BAH)" Date: 2004-02-26T01:38:25+09:00 Subject: Re: Profile-independent directory specification for NT? Thanks! This works perfectly. However, Austin's solution does not. I'd imagine it was a misplaced quote. Is either style preferable over the other? Craig -----Original Message----- From: Jim Bob [mailto:none@invalid.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:00 AM To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org Subject: Re: Profile-independent directory specification for NT? The environment is available under the hash ENV. So, you can do something like: ProfilePath = ENV["USERPROFILE"] + "\\My Documents\\" basically like you said you'd do with VBA.