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Author	terry.reedy
Recipients	Dimitri Merejkowsky, berker.peksag, terry.reedy
Date	2016年10月07日.22:07:01
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Message-id	<1475878021.21.0.819021492169.issue28334@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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On Windows, HOME is both split into two variables and replaced by USERPROFILE. C:\Users\Terry>set HOME HOMEDRIVE=C: HOMEPATH=\Users\Terry C:\Users\Terry>set USERPROFILE USERPROFILE=C:\Users\Terry So if it make sense to run this on Windows, I would call it a bug. I am guessing that Windows' FTP clients do not use .netrc. The doc says "the file .netrc in the user’s home directory will be read." without qualification by "if $HOME is set". I don't remember how os.path.expanduser might otherwise find the home directory on unix and don't know what unix users might reasonbly expect.

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On Windows, HOME is both split into two variables and replaced by USERPROFILE.
C:\Users\Terry>set HOME
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Users\Terry
C:\Users\Terry>set USERPROFILE
USERPROFILE=C:\Users\Terry
So if it make sense to run this on Windows*, I would call it a bug.
* I am guessing that Windows' FTP clients do not use .netrc.
The doc says "the file .netrc in the user’s home directory will be read." without qualification by "if $HOME is set". I don't remember how os.path.expanduser might otherwise find the home directory on unix and don't know what unix users might reasonbly expect.

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