# Re: How to get special directories?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-get-special-directories/144640>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 31, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-get-special-directories/144640 "2008-07-31T18:31:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![wujciol](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@wujciol](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wujciol)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-get-special-directories/144640/1 "2008-07-31T18:31:05Z")

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Hi,

You can get it using ENV. Try this in irb:  
ENV #hash with many info  
Home folder: ENV[“HOME”] #only path to home folder