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#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 by Enthought, Inc.
# All rights reserved.
#
# This software is provided without warranty under the terms of the BSD
# license included in enthought/LICENSE.txt and may be redistributed only
# under the conditions described in the aforementioned license. The license
# is also available online at http://www.enthought.com/licenses/BSD.txt
# Thanks for using Enthought open source!
#
# Author: Enthought, Inc.
# Description: <Enthought util package component>
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
import os
def get_home_directory():
""" Determine the user's home directory."""
# 'HOME' should work on most Unixes, and 'USERPROFILE' works on at
# least Windows XP ;^)
#
# FIXME: Is this really better than the following??
# path = os.path.expanduser('~')
# The above seems to work on both Windows and Unixes though the docs
# indicate it might not work as well on Macs.
for name in ['HOME', 'USERPROFILE']:
if os.environ.has_key(name):
# Make sure that the path ends with a path seperator.
path = os.environ[name]
if path[-1] != os.path.sep:
path += os.path.sep
break
# If all else fails, the current directory will do.
else:
path = ''
return path
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