File::HomeDir::Darwin::Carbon(3pm)

File::HomeDir::Darwin::Carbon3pm

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 Darwin-specific implementations for determining common user directories. In normal usage this module will always be used via File::HomeDir.

Note -- since this module requires Mac::Carbon and Mac::Carbon does not work with 64-bit perls, on such systems, File::HomeDir will try File::HomeDir::Darwin::Cocoa and then fall back to the (pure Perl) File::HomeDir::Darwin.

Todo

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Test with Mac OS (versions 7, 8, 9)

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Some better way for users_* ?

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 5 times.

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

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