Question

In .NET i am writing

Directory.CreateDirectory(textBox4.Text);

textBox4.Text is ~/myfolder. What i get is a folder in the current working directory called ~ with myfolder in it. How do i have CreateDirectory create myfolder at the user’s home?

Answer 1

I end up using this

    string GetHome()
    {
        string homePath = (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Unix ||
               Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.MacOSX)
? Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HOME")
: Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%");
        return homePath;
    }

        var saveDirectory = textBox4.Text;
        if (saveDirectory.StartsWith("~/"))
            saveDirectory = GetHome() + saveDirectory.Substring(1);