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GetUserDir

Returns the current user's home directory.

Declaration

Source position: osutilsh.inc line 47

function GetUserDir: string;

Description

GetUserDir returns the home directory of the current user. On Unix-like systems (that includes Mac OS X), this is the value of the HOME environment variable. On Windows, this is the PROFILE special folder. On all other platforms, the application installation directory is returned.

If non-empty, it contains a trailing path delimiter.

See also

GetAppConfigDir

  

Return the appropriate directory for the application's configuration files.


Documentation generated on: May 14 2021