Function

Summary

Gets the root of the user's profile on a Windows NT-based system.

Package

system

Signature

get-user-profile-directory => result

Values

result

A directory pathname naming the path, or nil.

Description

The function get-user-profile-directory obtains the path to the current user's profile folder on a Windows NT-based system (including Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8). get-user-profile-directory is implemented only on Microsoft Windows.

result names the root of the profile directory.

Note that the default path for each user's profile may differ between versions of the operating system.

Compatibility notes

In LispWorks 5.0 and previous versions, get-user-profile-directory returns a string.

Example

On Windows 8 and Windows 7:

(sys:get-user-profile-directory)

=>

#P"C:/Users/dubya/"

On Windows XP (now unsupported):

(sys:get-user-profile-directory)

=>

#P"C:/Documents and Settings/dubya/"

On Windows 98 SE (now unsupported):

(sys:get-user-profile-directory)

=>

nil

See also

get-folder-path