Getting the name for a Mac Users 'home'

[Adrian Williams]

Thanks to Mark and Marc, both solutions are useful.
The Administrator will be using this Installer in all cases.
So I guess a simple "~/library/fonts" will suffice.

Many thanks,
Adrian


On 24 Apr 2009, at 16:39, Marc Siskin wrote:

> Adrian,
>
> If you are referring to the logged on user then the path is always ~/ 
> Library/etc.  If you are referring to all users, then you need to  
> list the /Users directory which will give you a list of the accounts  
> on the local machine. You should be able to parse the username from  
> the listing of that directory.  You will probably need to use a sudo  
> command if you are trying to install fonts in any other user than  
> the one currently logged on.
>
> Marc Siskin

> Hi Adrian,
>
> On the Mac, that's "~/library/fonts".
>
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> On Apr 24, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Adrian Williams wrote:
>
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Installing fonts into the Public domain is a breeze:
>> MacHD/Library/Fonts/MyNewFont.ttf
>>
>> But I need to install and uninstall fonts in the Users domain. For  
>> example:
>> MacHD/Users/someunknownname/Library/Fonts/MyNewFont.ttf
>>
>> How can I retrieve 'someunknownname' from any computer and place it  
>> in a variable in the pathname?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Adrian
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