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

File::HomeDir::Darwin - Find your home and other directories on Darwin (OS X)

This module provides Mac OS X specific file path for determining common user directories in pure perl, by just using $ENV{HOME} without Carbon nor Cocoa API calls. In normal usage this module will always be used via File::HomeDir.

use File::HomeDir;

# Find directories for the current user
$home    = File::HomeDir->my_home;      # /Users/mylogin
$desktop = File::HomeDir->my_desktop;   # /Users/mylogin/Desktop
$docs    = File::HomeDir->my_documents; # /Users/mylogin/Documents
$music   = File::HomeDir->my_music;     # /Users/mylogin/Music
$pics    = File::HomeDir->my_pictures;  # /Users/mylogin/Pictures
$videos  = File::HomeDir->my_videos;    # /Users/mylogin/Movies
$data    = File::HomeDir->my_data;      # /Users/mylogin/Library/Application Support

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2024-09-01 perl v5.40.0