File::HomeDir::Darwin(3pm)

File::HomeDir::Darwin3pm

Find your home and other directories on darwin (os x)

Usage

  use File::HomeDir;
  
  # Find directories for the current user
  $home    = File::HomeDir->my_home;      # /Users/mylogin
  $desktop = File::HomeDir->my_desktop;   # /Users/mylogin/Desktop
  $docs    = File::HomeDir->my_documents; # /Users/mylogin/Documents
  $music   = File::HomeDir->my_music;     # /Users/mylogin/Music
  $pics    = File::HomeDir->my_pictures;  # /Users/mylogin/Pictures
  $videos  = File::HomeDir->my_videos;    # /Users/mylogin/Movies
  $data    = File::HomeDir->my_data;      # /Users/mylogin/Library/Application Support

Overview

This module provides Mac OS X specific file path for determining common user directories in pure perl, by just using $ENV{HOME} without Carbon nor Cocoa API calls. In normal usage this module will always be used via File::HomeDir.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8–9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12–13
  8. Arch

From perl-file-homedir 1.006-8 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.