Re: standard library to return system paths

On windows, these environment variables identify most of the information you're looking for:

ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
APPDATA=C:\Users\someuser\AppData\Roaming
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
CommonProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=MACHINENAME
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Users\someuser
LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Users\someuser\AppData\Local
LOGONSERVER=\\MACHINENAME
ProgramData=C:\ProgramData
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
ProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)
USERDOMAIN=MACHINENAME
USERNAME=someuser
USERPROFILE=C:\Users\someuser
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Re^2: standard library to return system paths by igoryonya (Pilgrim) on Jun 07, 2016 at 07:36 UTC
Yes, but like I said, there is no common variables in both OSes. None of those variables exist in Linux. This is the reason, I've asked the question. Are there some variables or standard modules, that can determain standard system dirs, depending on which os the perl program is being launched.	[reply]