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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/os/file.go | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/os/os_test.go | 12 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/os/file.go b/src/os/file.go index 3d71ac068e..c41adc7da6 100644 --- a/src/os/file.go +++ b/src/os/file.go @@ -486,6 +486,9 @@ func UserConfigDir() (string, error) { // On Unix, including macOS, it returns the $HOME environment variable. // On Windows, it returns %USERPROFILE%. // On Plan 9, it returns the $home environment variable. +// +// If the expected variable is not set in the environment, UserHomeDir +// returns either a platform-specific default value or a non-nil error. func UserHomeDir() (string, error) { env, enverr := "HOME", "$HOME" switch runtime.GOOS { diff --git a/src/os/os_test.go b/src/os/os_test.go index 7d39eb3e02..a8488a11f8 100644 --- a/src/os/os_test.go +++ b/src/os/os_test.go @@ -2639,10 +2639,20 @@ func TestUserHomeDir(t *testing.T) { t.Fatal("UserHomeDir returned an empty string but no error") } if err != nil { - t.Skipf("UserHomeDir failed: %v", err) + // UserHomeDir may return a non-nil error if the environment variable + // for the home directory is empty or unset in the environment. + t.Skipf("skipping: %v", err) } + fi, err := Stat(dir) if err != nil { + if os.IsNotExist(err) { + // The user's home directory has a well-defined location, but does not + // exist. (Maybe nothing has written to it yet? That could happen, for + // example, on minimal VM images used for CI testing.) + t.Log(err) + return + } t.Fatal(err) } if !fi.IsDir() { |