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userHome

Returns the path of the current user's home folder.

Keyboard Maestro: UserHome

Details #

userHome() takes no arguments and returns text: the full path of the home folder of the user running Switchboard, such as /Users/ada. There is no trailing slash.

Parameters #

Takes 0 arguments. {{ userHome() }}

Examples #

userHome()
→
userHome() + "/Documents"
→ /Documents

Gotchas #

  • Calling it with an argument is an error: userHome() takes 0 arguments, got 1.

  • It is the home folder of the Switchboard engine's user, which is normally you.