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| Date | 2013-11-25 15:10 -0600 |
|---|---|
| From | Andrew Berg <robotsondrugs@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? |
| References | <50402350-c9cb-47be-b513-ad2fb7170187@googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.3195.1385413849.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 2013.11.25 14:48, Eamonn Rea wrote:
> I've heard that there is a library that allows you to get the appdata directory for a given OS, but I'd like to do it myself, as a learning experience.
>
> Is there a built in way to get a users Appdata Directory? For example on OS X it's in '~/Library//Application Support/'. I can get the OS just fine (sys.platform and then storing it in my own way; example: darwin = OS X, just for my own readability), and I can get the home directory just fine (expanduser), but I have no idea how to get the appdata directory.
>
> One way I could think of doing it would be to just detect the os and join the string on like so (completely untested, but an idea);
>
> if os == 'OS X':
> appdata_dir = os.path.join(home_dir, '/Application Support/')
>
> But then that arises the problem of cross platform compatibility.
>
> So is here a good, cross platform solution to this problem?
I don't know about OS X, but on Windows Vista and later, there is os.environ['APPDATA']. I don't explicitly check for OS; instead, I see if
APPDATA exists as an environment variable:
try:
user_data_dir = os.path.join(os.environ['APPDATA'], 'NoiseBot')
except KeyError:
user_data_dir = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.NoiseBot')
I didn't even know that such a thing existed on OS X.
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Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Eamonn Rea <eamonnrea@gmail.com> - 2013-11-25 12:48 -0800
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Andrew Berg <robotsondrugs@gmail.com> - 2013-11-25 15:10 -0600
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-25 21:20 +0000
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Eamonn Rea <eamonnrea@gmail.com> - 2013-11-26 10:09 -0800
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-26 13:52 -0500
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2013-11-26 20:40 +0100
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Eamonn Rea <eamonnrea@gmail.com> - 2013-11-26 14:49 -0800
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-27 10:20 +1100
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Eamonn Rea <eamonnrea@gmail.com> - 2013-11-28 08:11 -0800
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-29 04:28 +1100
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-11-28 10:32 -0800
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-28 16:29 -0500
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-26 23:21 +0000
Re: Getting the Appdata Directory with Python and PEP? Kevin Walzer <kw@codebykevin.com> - 2013-12-02 09:39 -0500
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