# Irb/init.rb code suggestion to find user's home directory in

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-init-rb-code-suggestion-to-find-users-home-directory-in/62840>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [June 8, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-init-rb-code-suggestion-to-find-users-home-directory-in/62840 "2006-06-08T17:43:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-init-rb-code-suggestion-to-find-users-home-directory-in/62840/1 "2006-06-08T17:43:58Z")

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Message-ID: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:00:37 -0500  
To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Subject: irb/init.rb code suggestion to find user’s home directory in  
windows

Hi,

To find the user’s home directory in MSoft’s Windows I suggest you add  
the following three lines to irb/ init.rb -  
if home = ENV[“HOMEPATH”]  
yield proc{|rc| home+“/.irb#{rc}”}  
end  
… after the existing code …  
if home = ENV[“HOME”]  
yield proc{|rc| home+“/.irb#{rc}”}  
end

Best,

## Lawrence.

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**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-init-rb-code-suggestion-to-find-users-home-directory-in/62840/2 "2006-06-08T18:09:31Z")

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-init-rb-code-suggestion-to-find-users-home-directory-in/62840/3 "2006-06-09T03:25:43Z")

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At Fri, 9 Jun 2006 00:43:36 +0900,  
Keiju ISHITSUKA wrote in [ruby-dev:28700]:

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-init-rb-code-suggestion-to-find-users-home-directory-in/62840/4 "2006-06-09T06:21:24Z")

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In [ruby-dev:28702] the message: “[ruby-dev:28702] Re: irb/init.rb  
code suggestion to find user’s home directory in windows”, on Jun/09  
10:22(JST) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid writes:

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-init-rb-code-suggestion-to-find-users-home-directory-in/62840/5 "2006-06-09T17:35:58Z")

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In [ruby-dev:28704] the message: “[ruby-dev:28704] Re: irb/init.rb  
code suggestion to find user’s home directory in windows”, on Jun/09  
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**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 8:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-init-rb-code-suggestion-to-find-users-home-directory-in/62840/6 "2006-06-09T08:14:05Z")

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At Fri, 9 Jun 2006 13:18:51 +0900,  
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