Re: How to determine current home directory

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Pat,

> I found that the "home" directory is stored in the user profile, such
> as '/home/patrick'.  This appears to be the standard default
> directory, but what if that is NOT the users directory.

Are you looking to retrieve the home directory or the current directory? 
 Your subject, and the preceding paragraph are talking about the home 
directory (which is also "the user's directory", I guess) by contrast, 
the remainder of your message talks about the current directory.

> How do I determine what the current directory is or is this even possible ?
> Maybe there is no such thing as the current directory.

There's definitely such a thing!!


> I want to do this in a clp and do some cpytoimpf of various files, but I
> want to make sure where the files are actually going to.

I'm not sure I understand this.  If this is a CLP, where are the file 
locations coming from?  Asking a user?  Are they stored in a file?  Are 
they hard-coded in the application?   How will retrieving the user's 
current (or home) directory help?

If you're confused about where files are being placed, why are you using 
relative paths (instead of absolute ones) to begin with?