from os.path import expanduser

[JohnLay]

I am trying to identify the current user folder as part of a larger process. I am using the code

from os.path import expanduser HOME = expanduser("~")

If I run the script in the foreground the result is:

print HOME 'C:\Users\jlay'

However if I enable background processing the result is

print HOME 'H:\'

Can someone tell me why that is? And how to correct it?

[MattEiben · Accepted solution]

I'm not entirely sure about that behavior, but here's an alternative approach. 

# Get your current user name usrName = os.getenv('USERNAME') Home = r'C:\Users\%s' % usrName

Though this will only be useful if your path is constant and you just need to adjust for user name.

[JohnLay]

That worked. Thanks.