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Returns the current user's home directory.

Installation

$ npm install utils-homedir

Usage

var homedir = require( 'utils-homedir' );

homedir()

Returns the current user's home directory.

var home = homedir();
// => e.g., /Users/<username>

If unable to locate a home directory, the module returns null.

var home = homedir();
// returns null

Notes

Examples

var homedir = require( 'utils-homedir' );

console.log( homedir() );

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

$ node ./examples/index.js

CLI

Installation

To use the module as a general utility, install the module globally

$ npm install -g utils-homedir

Usage

Usage: homedir [options]

Options:
  -h,  --help     Print this message.
  -V,  --version  Print package version.

Examples

$ homedir
# => e.g., /Users/<username>

For local installations, modify the command to point to the local installation directory; e.g.,

$ ./node_modules/.bin/homedir

Or, if you have cloned this repository and run npm install, modify the command to point to the executable; e.g.,

$ node ./bin/cli

Tests

Unit

Unit tests use the Mocha test framework with Chai assertions. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.

Test Coverage

This repository uses Istanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-cov

Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

$ make view-cov

License

MIT license.

Copyright

Copyright © 2015. Athan Reines.

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