rattail-fabric/rattail_fabric/util.py
2019-11-06 18:30:21 -06:00

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# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
################################################################################
#
# Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
# Copyright © 2010-2019 Lance Edgar
#
# This file is part of Rattail.
#
# Rattail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
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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