os: add UserHomeDir

Fixes #26463

Change-Id: Iaef1c7456ffaeadeead6027a37d09c44a3d05bd5
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/139418Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>

src/os/example_test.go

@@ -76,32 +76,29 @@ func ExampleIsNotExist() {
 	// file does not exist
 }
 
-func init() {
-	os.Setenv("USER", "gopher")
-	os.Setenv("HOME", "/usr/gopher")
-	os.Unsetenv("GOPATH")
-}
-
 func ExampleExpand() {
 	mapper := func(placeholderName string) string {
 		switch placeholderName {
 		case "DAY_PART":
 			return "morning"
-		case "USER":
+		case "NAME":
 			return "Gopher"
 		}
 
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println(os.Expand("Good ${DAY_PART}, $USER!", mapper))
+	fmt.Println(os.Expand("Good ${DAY_PART}, $NAME!", mapper))
 
 	// Output:
 	// Good morning, Gopher!
 }
 
 func ExampleExpandEnv() {
-	fmt.Println(os.ExpandEnv("$USER lives in ${HOME}."))
+	os.Setenv("NAME", "gopher")
+	os.Setenv("BURROW", "/usr/gopher")
+
+	fmt.Println(os.ExpandEnv("$NAME lives in ${BURROW}."))
 
 	// Output:
 	// gopher lives in /usr/gopher.
@@ -117,16 +114,24 @@ func ExampleLookupEnv() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	show("USER")
-	show("GOPATH")
+	os.Setenv("SOME_KEY", "value")
+	os.Setenv("EMPTY_KEY", "")
+
+	show("SOME_KEY")
+	show("EMPTY_KEY")
+	show("MISSING_KEY")
 
 	// Output:
-	// USER=gopher
-	// GOPATH not set
+	// SOME_KEY=value
+	// EMPTY_KEY=
+	// MISSING_KEY not set
 }
 
 func ExampleGetenv() {
-	fmt.Printf("%s lives in %s.\n", os.Getenv("USER"), os.Getenv("HOME"))
+	os.Setenv("NAME", "gopher")
+	os.Setenv("BURROW", "/usr/gopher")
+
+	fmt.Printf("%s lives in %s.\n", os.Getenv("NAME"), os.Getenv("BURROW"))
 
 	// Output:
 	// gopher lives in /usr/gopher.

src/os/file.go

@@ -381,6 +381,24 @@ func UserCacheDir() (string, error) {
 	return dir, nil
 }
 
+// UserHomeDir returns the current user's home directory.
+//
+// On Unix, including macOS, it returns the $HOME environment variable.
+// On Windows, it returns the concatenation of %HOMEDRIVE% and %HOMEPATH%.
+// On Plan 9, it returns the $home environment variable.
+func UserHomeDir() string {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		return Getenv("HOMEDRIVE") + Getenv("HOMEPATH")
+	}
+	if runtime.GOOS == "plan9" {
+		return Getenv("home")
+	}
+	if runtime.GOOS == "nacl" {
+		return "/"
+	}
+	return Getenv("HOME")
+}
+
 // Chmod changes the mode of the named file to mode.
 // If the file is a symbolic link, it changes the mode of the link's target.
 // If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.

src/os/os_test.go

@@ -2333,3 +2333,17 @@ func TestDoubleCloseError(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Logf("second close returned expected error %q", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestUserHomeDir(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := UserHomeDir()
+	if dir == "" {
+		t.Fatal("UserHomeDir returned an empty string")
+	}
+	fi, err := Stat(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !fi.IsDir() {
+		t.Fatalf("dir %s is not directory; type = %v", dir, fi.Mode())
+	}
+}