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NAME

PERLANCAR::File::HomeDir - Lightweight way to get current user's home directory

VERSION

This document describes version 0.04 of PERLANCAR::File::HomeDir (from Perl distribution PERLANCAR-File-HomeDir), released on 2017-01-04.

SYNOPSIS

 use PERLANCAR::Home::Dir qw(get_my_home_dir users_home);

 my $dir = get_my_home_dir();

 $dir = users_home("ujang");

DESCRIPTION

This is a (temporary?) module to get user's home directory. It is a lightweight version of File::HomeDir with fewer OS support (only Windows and Unix) and fewer logic/heuristic.

VARIABLES

$DIE_ON_FAILURE => bool (default: 0)

If set to true, will die on failure. Else, function usually return undef on failure.

FUNCTIONS

None are exported by default, but they are exportable.

get_my_home_dir() => str

Try several ways to get home directory. Return undef or die (depends on $DIE_ON_FAILURE) if everything fails.

users_home($username) => str

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/PERLANCAR-File-HomeDir.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-PERLANCAR-File-HomeDir.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=PERLANCAR-File-HomeDir

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SEE ALSO

File::HomeDir

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.