dos_expandenv - dalefugier/DOSLib GitHub Wiki

Expands environment-variable strings and replaces them with the values defined for the current user.

Syntax

(dos_expandenv path)

Parameters

path

The path to be expanded. The path can contain one or more environment-variable strings in the form: %variableName%. For each such reference, the %variableName% portion is replaced with the current value of that environment variable. Case is ignored when looking up the environment-variable name. If the name is not found, the %variableName% portion is left unexpanded.

Returns

The expanded path if successful.

The original path if unsuccessful.

Example

Command: (dos_expandenv "%appdata%\\McNeel\Install.log")
"C:\\Users\\Dale\\AppData\\Roaming\\McNeel\Install.log"