Re: Determining HOME under MinGW

[David Ayers]

Tom Koelman wrote:

> Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:
>
>  
>
> > I'll trust that this is a good idea ... I don't know about windows ...
> >
> > I've implemented USERPROFILE in NSHomeDirectoryForUser() and
> > in the corresponding user_home.c code in the make package.
> >    
>
> Well, USERPROFILE is the location where user specific files are
> usually stored. The HOMEDRIVE / HOMEPATH construction is used _very_
> seldomly, as far as I know, actually I hadn't heard of it's existance
> before I discovered OpenStep.
>  
Well I just checked my W2K system, which has an OPENSTEP Enterprise 
installed.
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=/
USERPROFILE=C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Ayers
I guess on an english system it would be:
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Ayers

Now by concept the USERPROFILE actually fits the notion of the "user" 
directory beter.  Yet this path is bound to have spaces and I'm not sure 
what implications that would have. (I wondering whether gnustep-make 
needs checks for files in this directory.)  Please also not the 
slash/backslash difference.

Cheers,
Dave