Hi,

You can use expanduser() from os.path for this:

import os.path
homedir = os.path.expanduser('~user1')
file_to_open = os.path.join(homedir, '.myapp.conf')
f = open(file_to_open, 'r')


Regards,
  -Markus-


Quoting learner404 <learner404@[...].com> :

>  Hello,
> 
>  I want to read a configuration file from a small python app (user
>  preferences).
> 
>  The ".myapp.conf" is in the home folder of the user.
> 
>  if I do:
> 
>  f=open("/home/user1/.myapp.conf","r")  #it works
> 
>  obviously I won't know the home user folder name then I wanted to use:
> 
>  f=open("~/.myapp.conf","r")  # but it returns a IOError: [Errno 2] No such
>  file or directory:
> 
>  How can I do to access this file whatever the user is ?
> 
>  Thanks for your help.
> 
>  ---
> 




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