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Re: windows app-data path

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)
on Nov 19, 2011 at 10:49 UTC ( [id://938960]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to windows app-data path

See $ENV{ APPDATA }

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Re^2: windows app-data path
by Rudolf (Pilgrim) on Nov 19, 2011 at 13:59 UTC

    momo33, Im not sure if this will help you but I use my perl scripts in XP and win7, and here are the things I use to find the correct paths.. good luck :)

    $user = getlogin(); # get username
if(-e(-d("C:/users"))){$users = "users";} #check if exists
  elsif(-e(-d("C:/Documents and Settings"))){
$users = "Documents and Settings";
}
$OS = $^O;

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      This approach will fail for example on non-English Windows XP. For example German Windows XP has Dokumente und Einstellungen as the directory name.

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