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datadriven 01-31-2005 08:01 PM
python mkdir ~/.foo
 
This is probably simple but I just can't seem to find the answer.

From the command line

mkdir ~/.foo

will make a directory .foo/ in the home folder of the current user.

in python

import os
os.mkdir("~/.foo")

Will die with an error
Code:
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> os.mkdir("~/.foo")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '~/.foo'
Is there an easy way around this so I can write an app that will store config files in the users home directory without knowing the actual path of the users home directory?

datadriven 01-31-2005 11:51 PM
I was right it was simple.

import os,os.path
homedir = os.path.expanduser('~')
foo_folder = homedir + "/.foo"
os.mkdir(foo_folder)


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