OS independent files

[Jarek Zgoda]

crystalattice napisał(a):

> If I want to make sure the file/directory is made in a user's home
> directory (e.g. /home/users/path/to/file) but also compatible w/
> Windows, how would I rewrite this (if required)?

On Windows, there's no notion of user's home directory, there is a
directory for user's profile that is treated as $HOME but isn't
(%USERPROFILE%), something that looks like $HOME, bot in fact is not
(%HOMEDRIVE% + %HOMEPATH%) and many other mess. Microsoft suggests using
%USERPROFILE%, but they do not specify desired behaviour, when
%USERPROFILE% == c:\.

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