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Id: 34606
Status: resolved
Priority: 0/
Queue: File-HomeDir
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Owner: Nobody in particular
Requestors: JDB [...] cpan.org
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  Tue Apr 01 20:56:26 2008 JDB [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: File::HomeDir::Windows should use Win32::GetFolderPath()
File::HomeDir should use Win32::GetFolderPath() to locate special folders instead of poking around in the registry. Some folders are also only created on first use, so they don't exist in the registry until they have been created. Win32::GetFolderPath() supports an optional second argument to create these special folders if they don't yet exist. You should require Win32 0.29 or later to get a version that is robust with non-ANSI usernames when running with older Perl versions (old Perl versions destroy the Unicode environment, which is used by the shell functions to determine the location of the APPDATA directory). See also: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/11/03/55532.aspx
  Tue Apr 01 21:03:16 2008 adamkennedybackup [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #34606] File::HomeDir::Windows should use Win32::GetFolderPath()
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:56:29 +1100
To: bug-File-HomeDir [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Adam Kennedy <adamkennedybackup [...] gmail.com>
Jan Dubois via RT wrote: Show quoted text
> Tue Apr 01 20:56:26 2008: Request 34606 was acted upon. > Transaction: Ticket created by JDB > Queue: File-HomeDir > Subject: File::HomeDir::Windows should use Win32::GetFolderPath() > Broken in: (no value) > Severity: Normal > Owner: Nobody > Requestors: JDB@cpan.org > Status: new > Ticket <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=34606 > > > > File::HomeDir should use Win32::GetFolderPath() to locate special > folders instead of poking around in the registry. Some folders are also > only created on first use, so they don't exist in the registry until > they have been created. Win32::GetFolderPath() supports an optional > second argument to create these special folders if they don't yet exist. > > You should require Win32 0.29 or later to get a version that is robust > with non-ANSI usernames when running with older Perl versions (old Perl > versions destroy the Unicode environment, which is used by the shell > functions to determine the location of the APPDATA directory). > > See also: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/11/03/55532.aspx >
Thanks for this Jan. I'll take a look at porting it during the Oslo hackfest next week. Adam K
  Tue Apr 01 21:03:23 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Tue Oct 14 02:46:03 2008 adamk [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
File::HomeDir::Windows has now been ported over to your recommended method. Resolved.
  Tue Oct 14 02:46:08 2008 adamk [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'