Find proper home path

Should work on more systems now.
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Bim Overbohm 2013-05-16 21:29:41 +02:00
parent 42829b3b6d
commit 4b4c891b30

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#include "platform.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
std::string getHomePath()
{
//this gives you something like "/home/YOUR_USERNAME" on Linux and "C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\" on Windows
const char* home = getenv("HOME");
if(home == NULL)
return "";
else
return home;
std::string homePath;
//this should give you something like "/home/YOUR_USERNAME" on Linux and "C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\" on Windows
const char * envHome = getenv("HOME");
if(envHome != nullptr) {
homePath = envHome;
}
#ifdef WIN32
//but does not seem to work for Windwos XP or Vista, so try something else
if (homePath.empty()) {
const char * envDir = getenv("HOMEDRIVE");
const char * envPath = getenv("HOMEPATH");
if (envDir != nullptr && envPath != nullptr) {
homePath = envDir;
homePath += envPath;
}
}
#else
if (homePath.empty()) {
homePath = "~";
}
#endif
return homePath;
}