# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
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"""
Misc. Utilities
"""

from fabric.api import env, run


def get_home_path(user=None):
    """
    Retrieve the path to the home folder for the given user, or else the
    "connection" user.
    """
    user = user or env.user
    home = run('getent passwd {} | cut -d: -f6'.format(user)).stdout.strip()
    home = home.rstrip('/')
    return home