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<div><h1>homeDirectory -- the home directory of the user</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>homeDirectory</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span>, the home directory of the user</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><p>In file operations, file names beginning with <tt>~/</tt> will have it replaced with the home directory.</p>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : homeDirectory
o1 = /builddir/</pre>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="_home__Directory.html" title="the home directory of the user">homeDirectory</a> is <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span>.</p>
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