Get current user path?

[kuroyume]

On a multi-user machine, how would one get the current user's folder path (i.e.: /Users/<user>) in Carbon only (Xcode C++). Seems that using environmental variables (getenv()) returns nothing for "PWD".

Thanks,
Robert

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Does this help?

http://lists.apple.com/archives/carb.../msg00840.html

[kuroyume]

I eventually found something but it took about twenty variations on wording (in the end, since the current user's Library:Preferences was my target, that helped).

So, here's my little code - works great:

#include "Folders.h"

// METHODS: MacUserPrefs
// Get Users Preferences folder
//*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*
String MacUserPrefs::GetUserPrefs()
//*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*
{
	// ask MacOS to find the users preferences folder (/Users/{username}/Library/Preferences/ on US-english MacOS X)
	// see http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/MoreFilesX/listing2.html
	// and http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/Folder_Manager/Reference/reference.html#//apple_ref/c/func/FSFindFolder
	// and http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/FileNotification/listing1.html
	FSRef	fsRef;
	char	path[1024];
	OSErr	tError =	noErr;

	tError =			FSFindFolder(kOnAppropriateDisk, kPreferencesFolderType, kDontCreateFolder, &fsRef);
	tError =			FSRefMakePath(&fsRef, (UInt8*)path, 1024);
	return	String(path);
}