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Re: Name of current users home folder (OS X)
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Re: Name of current users home folder (OS X)


  • Subject: Re: Name of current users home folder (OS X)
  • From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 19:48:19 -0800 (PST)

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Paul Skinner wrote:

> >> set homeFldr to path to current user folder

> > set tid to ":"
> > set userHome to items 2 thru -1 of (words 2 thru -4 of paragraph 2 of
> > (do shell script ("finger " & (system attribute "USER")))) as text

> ((POSIX file ((system attribute "HOME") & "/")) as string) as alias
> -->alias "titan:Users:paulskin:"

Well, here's two more scents on this trail:

(POSIX file (do shell script "echo -n $HOME")) as string


path to "cusr" as string





Philip Aker
http://www.aker.ca
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