(1) A storage folder that contains the user's personal files. Starting with Windows Vista, the Windows home directory is \user\username. In prior Windows versions, it was \Documents and Settings\username. In the Mac, the home directory is /users/username, and in most Linux/Unix systems, it is /home/username. Show (2) A storage folder assigned to each user on a Unix system attached to the Internet. At login, the home directory is the starting folder. It can be used to store permanent and temporary files, a user profile that can be viewed (see finger), as well as lists of newsgroups that have been subscribed to. See tilde.
When using the XML files MigDocs.xml, MigApp.xml, and MigUser.xml, you can use environment variables to identify folders that may be different on different computers. Constant special item ID list (CSIDL) values provide a way to identify folders that applications use frequently but may not have the same name or location on any given computer. For example, the Documents folder may be C:\Users\<Username>\My Documents on one computer and C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents on another. You can use the asterisk (*) wildcard character in MigUser.xml, MigApp.xml and MigDoc.xml files. However, you can't use the asterisk (*) wildcard characters in the Config.xml file. Variables that are processed for the operating system and in the context of each userYou can use these variables within sections in the .xml files with context=UserAndSystem, context=User, and context=System.
Variables that are recognized only in the user contextYou can use these variables in the .xml files within sections with context=User and context=UserAndSystem.
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