homedir

Platform agnostic user home directory path resolution (i.e. man 5 passwd) for Node.js.

The user's home directory. This is the full path name where the user will be placed on login.

OSX

homedir();
#=> /Users/wilmoore

homedir('Guest');
#=> /Users/Guest

Windows

homedir();
#=> C:\Users\wilmoore

homedir('Public');
#=> C:\Users\Public

Linux

homedir();
#=> /home/wilmoore

homedir('guest');
#=> /home/guest

Installation

npm install homedir --save

Alternatives

• userhome
• home-dir

License

MIT