SystemProperty

SystemProperty

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SystemProperty:String property:String

Parameter	Mode	Type	Default	Description
property	In	String	required	One of tempdir, appdir, windowsdir or systemdir.

Returns: The path, or an empty string for a name that is not known.

Description

Asks for the path of a system folder.

Differences

• Off Windows windowsdir and systemdir are the folders where the system keeps its settings and its libraries, not the Windows folders.

Examples

Print "Temporary files go to " + SystemProperty$("tempdir")

Property	Windows	Elsewhere
appdir	The folder of the program.	The folder of the program.
tempdir	%TEMP%	$TEMP, $TMPDIR or /tmp.
windowsdir	%SystemRoot%	/etc/ (/System/ on macOS), where the system keeps its settings.
systemdir	The System32 folder.	/usr/lib/ (/System/Library/ on macOS), where the system keeps its libraries.

Folders end with a separator, except for the ones of Windows, which are as the system gives them.

Related Commands

RuntimeStats, SetEnv

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