gives your "home" directory.


$HomeDirectory
gives your "home" directory.
Details

- $HomeDirectory returns the full name of the directory as a string.
- On multi‐user operating systems, $HomeDirectory gives the main directory for the current user.
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Related Workflows
- Construct a File Path Programmatically
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), $HomeDirectory, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$HomeDirectory.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "$HomeDirectory." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$HomeDirectory.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). $HomeDirectory. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$HomeDirectory.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$homedirectory, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$HomeDirectory}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$HomeDirectory.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$homedirectory, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$HomeDirectory}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$HomeDirectory.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}