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Homedir

Overview

Homedir returns the current user's home directory.

If you are coming from Node.js, the closest pattern is os.homedir().

Signature

go
func Homedir() (string, error)

Compare: Node.js · Standard Go · gox

js
os.homedir()
go
val, err := os.UserHomeDir()
go
import "github.com/sahilkhaire/gox/osutil"

osutil.Homedir()

Example

go
import "github.com/sahilkhaire/gox/osutil"

osutil.Homedir()

Tips

Import github.com/sahilkhaire/gox/osutil and call Homedir directly. See the comparison below for the standard library equivalent.

Standard library alternative

Use the standard library directly:

go
val, err := os.UserHomeDir()

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MIT Licensed · Built for Node.js developers moving to Go