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# homedir-polyfill [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/homedir-polyfill) [](https://npmjs.org/package/homedir-polyfill) [](https://travis-ci.org/doowb/homedir-polyfill) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/doowb/homedir-polyfill)
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> Node.js os.homedir polyfill for older versions of node.js.
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## Install
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Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
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```sh
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$ npm install --save homedir-polyfill
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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var homedir = require('homedir-polyfill');
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console.log(homedir());
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//=> /Users/doowb
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```
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## Reasoning
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This library is a polyfill for the [node.js os.homedir](https://nodejs.org/api/os.html#os_os_homedir) method found in modern versions of node.js.
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This implementation tries to follow the implementation found in `libuv` by finding the current user using the `process.geteuid()` method and the `/etc/passwd` file. This should usually work in a linux environment, but will also fallback to looking at user specific environment variables to build the user's home directory if neccessary.
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Since `/etc/passwd` is not available on windows platforms, this implementation will use environment variables to find the home directory.
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In modern versions of node.js, [os.homedir](https://nodejs.org/api/os.html#os_os_homedir) is used.
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## About
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### Related projects
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[parse-passwd](https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-passwd): Parse a passwd file into a list of users. | [homepage](https://github.com/doowb/parse-passwd "Parse a passwd file into a list of users.")
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### Contributing
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Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
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Please read the [contributing guide](contributing.md) for avice on opening issues, pull requests, and coding standards.
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### Building docs
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_(This document was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme) (a [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb) generator), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in [.verb.md](.verb.md).)_
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To generate the readme and API documentation with [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb):
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```sh
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$ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb
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```
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### Running tests
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Install dev dependencies:
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```sh
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$ npm install -d && npm test
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```
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### Author
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**Brian Woodward**
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* [github/doowb](https://github.com/doowb)
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* [twitter/doowb](http://twitter.com/doowb)
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### License
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Copyright © 2016, [Brian Woodward](https://github.com/doowb).
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Released under the [MIT license](LICENSE).
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***
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_This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.2.0, on October 19, 2016._ |