package homedir import ( "bytes" "errors" "os" "os/exec" "path/filepath" "runtime" "strings" ) // Dir returns the home directory for the executing user. // // This uses an OS-specific method for discovering the home directory. // An error is returned if a home directory cannot be detected. func Dir() (string, error) { if runtime.GOOS == "windows" { return dirWindows() } // Unix-like system, so just assume Unix return dirUnix() } // Expand expands the path to include the home directory if the path // is prefixed with `~`. If it isn't prefixed with `~`, the path is // returned as-is. func Expand(path string) (string, error) { if len(path) == 0 { return path, nil } if path[0] != '~' { return path, nil } if len(path) > 1 && path[1] != '/' && path[1] != '\\' { return "", errors.New("cannot expand user-specific home dir") } dir, err := Dir() if err != nil { return "", err } return filepath.Join(dir, path[1:]), nil } func dirUnix() (string, error) { // First prefer the HOME environmental variable if home := os.Getenv("HOME"); home != "" { return home, nil } // If that fails, try the shell var stdout bytes.Buffer cmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "eval echo ~$USER") cmd.Stdout = &stdout if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { return "", err } result := strings.TrimSpace(stdout.String()) if result == "" { return "", errors.New("blank output when reading home directory") } return result, nil } func dirWindows() (string, error) { drive := os.Getenv("HOMEDRIVE") path := os.Getenv("HOMEPATH") home := drive + path if drive == "" || path == "" { home = os.Getenv("USERPROFILE") } if home == "" { return "", errors.New("HOMEDRIVE, HOMEPATH, and USERPROFILE are blank") } return home, nil }