# $home **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [July 28, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/home/144309 "2008-07-28T15:08:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/977dab/32.png) [@editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/editkid)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/home/144309/1 "2008-07-28T15:08:09Z")
By the way, this is how $HOME is setup in mspec (on Windows): ``` # Code to setup HOME directory correctly on Windows # This duplicates Ruby 1.9 semantics for defining HOME platform_is :windows do if ENV['HOME'] ENV['HOME'] = ENV['HOME'].tr '\\', '/' elsif ENV['HOMEDIR'] && ENV['HOMEDRIVE'] ENV['HOME'] = File.join(ENV['HOMEDRIVE'], ENV['HOMEDIR']) elsif ENV['HOMEDIR'] ENV['HOME'] = ENV['HOMEDIR'] elsif ENV['HOMEDRIVE'] ENV['HOME'] = ENV['HOMEDRIVE'] elsif ENV['USERPROFILE'] ENV['HOME'] = ENV['USERPROFILE'] else puts "No suitable HOME environment found. This means that all of ``` HOME, HOMEDIR, HOMEDRIVE, and USERPROFILE are not set" ``` exit 1 end end ``` ---
**Author:** ![editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/977dab/32.png) [@editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/editkid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/home/144309/2 "2008-07-29T00:27:46Z")
That’s wrong. The order should be: HOME USERPROFILE HOMEDRIVE + HOMEDIR Using HOMEDIR without HOMEDRIVE (and the opposite) are bad ideas. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:07 AM, Peter Bacon D. \< ---
**Author:** ![editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/977dab/32.png) [@editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/editkid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/home/144309/3 "2008-07-29T09:56:17Z")
So the question is, “Given that this is in mspec and it claims to reproduce Ruby 1.9 semantic, who do we send the bug report to?” From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Brad W. Sent: Monday,28 July 28, 2008 23:18 To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] $HOME That’s wrong. The order should be: HOME USERPROFILE HOMEDRIVE + HOMEDIR Using HOMEDIR without HOMEDRIVE (and the opposite) are bad ideas. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:07 AM, Peter Bacon D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: By the way, this is how $HOME is setup in mspec (on Windows): ``` # Code to setup HOME directory correctly on Windows # This duplicates Ruby 1.9 semantics for defining HOME platform_is :windows do if ENV['HOME'] ENV['HOME'] = ENV['HOME'].tr '\\', '/' elsif ENV['HOMEDIR'] && ENV['HOMEDRIVE'] ENV['HOME'] = File.join(ENV['HOMEDRIVE'], ENV['HOMEDIR']) elsif ENV['HOMEDIR'] ENV['HOME'] = ENV['HOMEDIR'] elsif ENV['HOMEDRIVE'] ENV['HOME'] = ENV['HOMEDRIVE'] elsif ENV['USERPROFILE'] ENV['HOME'] = ENV['USERPROFILE'] else puts "No suitable HOME environment found. This means that all of ``` HOME, HOMEDIR, HOMEDRIVE, and USERPROFILE are not set" ``` exit 1 end end ``` ---
**Author:** ![editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/977dab/32.png) [@editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/editkid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/home/144309/4 "2008-07-29T09:58:41Z")
Ruby 1.9 actually uses this order: HOME HOMEDRIVE + HOMEPATH HOMEPATH USERPROFILE SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(NULL, CSIDL\_PERSONAL, &pidl) This seems reasonable. I suspect mspec needs tweaking. Pete From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Brad W. Sent: Monday,28 July 28, 2008 23:18 To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] $HOME That’s wrong. The order should be: HOME USERPROFILE HOMEDRIVE + HOMEDIR Using HOMEDIR without HOMEDRIVE (and the opposite) are bad ideas. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:07 AM, Peter Bacon D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: By the way, this is how $HOME is setup in mspec (on Windows): ``` # Code to setup HOME directory correctly on Windows # This duplicates Ruby 1.9 semantics for defining HOME platform_is :windows do if ENV['HOME'] ENV['HOME'] = ENV['HOME'].tr '\\', '/' elsif ENV['HOMEDIR'] && ENV['HOMEDRIVE'] ENV['HOME'] = File.join(ENV['HOMEDRIVE'], ENV['HOMEDIR']) elsif ENV['HOMEDIR'] ENV['HOME'] = ENV['HOMEDIR'] elsif ENV['HOMEDRIVE'] ENV['HOME'] = ENV['HOMEDRIVE'] elsif ENV['USERPROFILE'] ENV['HOME'] = ENV['USERPROFILE'] else puts "No suitable HOME environment found. This means that all of ``` HOME, HOMEDIR, HOMEDRIVE, and USERPROFILE are not set" ``` exit 1 end end ```