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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Stick with Solaris 10 or try something else? Post 81254 by Filth Pig on Wednesday 17th of August 2005 04:18:33 PM
Old 08-17-2005
Stick with Solaris 10 or try something else?

Hello. New to the forum here. I was wondering if I could get some input from those who use Linux/Unix based operating systems exclusively.

I use Solaris 10 here at work, while it was confusing at first (terminal commands and such,) I am quickly adapting to it. At home, I use Windows XP Professional.

I'm ready for a change at home.

I mainly use my computer for general internet use, listening to music and some gaming mixed in here and there.

Should I stick with Solaris 10 or is there something more interesting to play around with? Keep in mind, I'm pretty new to this stuff - so compiling applications is something I've never done before. I like to try new things though, so I'm up for the task.

Any input is appreciated. Smilie
 

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File::HomeDir::Windows(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 File::HomeDir::Windows(3)

NAME
File::HomeDir::Windows - Find your home and other directories on Windows SYNOPSIS
use File::HomeDir; # Find directories for the current user (eg. using Windows XP Professional) $home = File::HomeDir->my_home; # C:Documents and Settingsmylogin $desktop = File::HomeDir->my_desktop; # C:Documents and SettingsmyloginDesktop $docs = File::HomeDir->my_documents; # C:Documents and SettingsmyloginMy Documents $music = File::HomeDir->my_music; # C:Documents and SettingsmyloginMy DocumentsMy Music $pics = File::HomeDir->my_pictures; # C:Documents and SettingsmyloginMy DocumentsMy Pictures $videos = File::HomeDir->my_videos; # C:Documents and SettingsmyloginMy DocumentsMy Video $data = File::HomeDir->my_data; # C:Documents and SettingsmyloginLocal SettingsApplication Data DESCRIPTION
This module provides Windows-specific implementations for determining common user directories. In normal usage this module will always be used via File::HomeDir. Internally this module will use Win32::GetFolderPath to fetch the location of your directories. As a result of this, in certain unusual situations (usually found inside large organisations) the methods may return UNC paths such as "\cifs.localhome$". If your application runs on Windows and you want to have it work comprehensively everywhere, you may need to implement your own handling for these paths as they can cause strange behaviour. For example, stat calls to UNC paths may work but block for several seconds, but opendir() may not be able to read any files (creating the appearance of an existing but empty directory). To avoid complicating the problem any further, in the rare situation that a UNC path is returned by "GetFolderPath" the usual -d validation checks will not be done. SUPPORT
See the support section the main File::HomeDir module. AUTHORS
Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org> Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org> SEE ALSO
File::HomeDir, File::HomeDir::Win32 (legacy) COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2005 - 2011 Adam Kennedy. Some parts copyright 2000 Sean M. Burke. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module. perl v5.16.3 2012-10-19 File::HomeDir::Windows(3)
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