Where is the Desktop?

[giammy]

Hi all,

I need to build an instalaltion script for my project where I need to access to the Desktop.

The folder in the English installation is $HOME/Desktop, but it varies in installation
in other languages ($HOME/Scrivania in Italian for example).

Is there a way to get the correct directory name?
Something like an environment variable $DESKTOP pointing to the name of
the Desktop in the current installation?

thaks
Giammy
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Gianluca Moro

[rcgreen]

There isn't a variable for the desktop, but the
key ~ is a shortcut to the user's home
directory, so maybe ~/Desktop would
be the right expression.

[giammy]

Hi,

your expression ~/Desktop works correctly on English-configured
systems, but if the system has been installed with another localization,
that directory do not exist.
(For Italian, it is ~/Scrivania, an so on for other languages)

bye
Giammy
--
Gianluca Moro