Python doesn't understand %userprofile%

[Duncan Booth]

bsagert at gmail.com wrote:

> In xp when I try os.path.getmtime("%userprofile/dir/file%") Python
> bites back with "cannot find the path specified" Since my script has
> to run on machines where the username is unspecified I need a fix.
> Thanks in advance.

>>> os.path.expanduser("~/dir/file")
'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Duncan/dir/file'