homedir

Documentation

Index

• Variables
• func Dir() (string, error)
• func Expand(path string) (string, error)
• func MustExpand(path string) string

Variables

var DisableCache bool

DisableCache will disable caching of the home directory. Caching is enabled by default.

var ErrNoHomeDir = errors.New("no home directory available")

ErrNoHomeDir when no home dir could be found

Functions

func Dir

func Dir() (string, error)

Dir returns the home directory for the executing user.

This uses an OS-specific method for discovering the home directory. An error is returned if a home directory cannot be detected.

func Expand

func Expand(path string) (string, error)

Expand expands the path to include the home directory if the path is prefixed with `~`. If it isn't prefixed with `~`, the path is returned as-is.

func MustExpand

func MustExpand(path string) string