Platform and Path Functions

These functions inspect the host platform or resolve paths through the same host path rules used by Expr file operations.

Returns the current profile path.

The profile path is the main machine configuration folder. It is the folder where the settings file is stored.

Returns: string.

Example:

profilePath = path();

Resolves a path through the host path rules.

Returns: string.

Resolution rules:

• `path(“”)` returns the source path.
• `path(“.”)` returns the profile path.
• `path(“~”)` returns the source file. If there is no source file, it returns an empty string.
• A path that starts with `~/` is resolved from the source path.
• A path that starts with `.` is resolved from the profile path.
• A path that does not start with `.` is resolved from the source path.

Examples:

profilePath = path();
sourcePath = path("");
sourceFile = path("~");
profileFile = path("./MyFile.txt");
sourceFile2 = path("MyFile.txt");
sourceFile3 = path("~/MyFile.txt");
sourceParentFile = path("~/../MyFile.txt");
noSourceFile = path("~"); // empty string when no source file is available

See How relative paths work.

Returns a string identifying the platform.

Returns: string: `windows`, `linux`, `apple`, `arm`, or `unknown`.

Example:

if(platform() == 'windows')
{
    print('Running on Windows');
};

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