Problem solved. Thanks Daniel, that's exactly what I'm looking for!!!<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 25 November 2011 14:01, Daniel Goertzen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel.goertzen@gmail.com">daniel.goertzen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">If you're just looking for your home dir, try this: 
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<div>1> init:get_argument(home).</div>
<div>{ok,[["C:\\Users\\goertzen"]]}</div>
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<div>Dan.</div><br>
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<div class="h5">On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Tim Watson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:watson.timothy@gmail.com" target="_blank">watson.timothy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div>
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<div>What the heck is this all about???</div>
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<div>40> os:getenv("HOMEDRIVE").                                                                    <br>"C:"<br>41> os:getenv("HOMEPATH").                                                                     <br>
"<a>\\Users\\602382443</a>"<br>42> filename:join(os:getenv("HOMEDRIVE"), os:getenv("HOMEPATH")).                              <br>"/Users/602382443"<br>43> filename:nativename(filename:join(os:getenv("HOMEDRIVE"), os:getenv("HOMEPATH"))).         <br>
"<a>\\Users\\602382443</a>"<br>44> filename:nativename("C:/" ++ os:getenv("HOMEPATH")).                              <br>"c:\\Users\\602382443"<br>45> "C:" ++ os:getenv("HOMEPATH").</div>

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<div>Do I *really* have to do this by hand? I had assumed that the whole point of filename:join/2 was that it does the right thing on each platform without me having to worry about what the directory separator is meant to be?</div>

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<div>Am I doing something wrong?</div><br></div></div>
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