Last Updated: September 27, 2021
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· thierrylemoulec

Get home directory in nodejs

You can get a user home directory with node using process.env['HOME'] at least it worked for me on osx.

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Works in linux too. process.env['USERPROFILE'] would do the same in windows.

over 1 year ago ·

Great to know thanks

over 1 year ago ·

process.env.HOME || process.env.HOMEPATH || process.env.USERPROFILE should cover all bases

over 1 year ago ·