Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP?

[Eamonn Rea]

On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 7:40:50 PM UTC, Irmen de Jong wrote:
> On 26-11-2013 19:09, Eamonn Rea wrote:
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> > Thanks for the help on PEP, but I can't find a way to get the application support (appdata on Windows, no idea on Linux). If I do:
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> > print os.environ['HOME']
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> > I get: '/Users/eamonn', as that is my home directory. But when I do:
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> > print os.environ['APPDATA']
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> > I get an error. But when I do:
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> > print os.getenv('APPDATA')
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> > I get: None.
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> > Apparently os.getenv() works on Windows, but I can't see a way to get this on Mac. If I could get the names of this for different OS's I could just check the OS and run the appropriate code.
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> > Any help?
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> Maybe this module is of some use to you:
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> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/appdirs
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> It provides a unified Python API to the various OS specific 'user' directory locations.
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> Irmen

I saw this, but I wanted to do it myself as I stated in the OP :)