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File::HomeDir::Unix(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation File::HomeDir::Unix(3)

NAME

File::HomeDir::Unix - find your home and other directories, on Unix

DESCRIPTION

This module provides implementations for determining common user directories. In normal usage this module will always be used via File::HomeDir.

SYNOPSIS

  use File::HomeDir;
  
  # Find directories for the current user
  $home    = File::HomeDir->my_home;        # /home/mylogin
  $desktop = File::HomeDir->my_desktop;     # All of these will... 
  $docs    = File::HomeDir->my_documents;   # ...default to home...
  $music   = File::HomeDir->my_music;       # ...directory at the...
  $pics    = File::HomeDir->my_pictures;    # ...moment.
  $videos  = File::HomeDir->my_videos;      #
  $data    = File::HomeDir->my_data;        #

TODO

Add support for common unix desktop and data directories when using KDE / Gnome / ...
2009-03-27 perl v5.10.1