How to get user's home folder in Lua plugin

Hi all, I want write plugin that read metadata from catalog and export as text file.

I want to put exported files on user's home, but I can not find method described to obtain users home

on API documents.

Any suggestions are welcome.

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Correct answer johnrellis

LrPathUtils.standardizePath( '~' ) works on Mac but not Windows. Instead, use LrPathUtils.getStandardFilePath ("home").

Inspiring

LrPathUtils.standardizePath( '~' )

should do the job for you.

johnrellisCorrect answer

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LrPathUtils.standardizePath( '~' ) works on Mac but not Windows. Instead, use LrPathUtils.getStandardFilePath ("home").

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