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# home-path
Cross-platform home directory retriever, tested on Windows XP and above, Mac OSX and Linux.

With node versions 2.3.0 (iojs) or higher, the built-in [`os.homedir`](https://nodejs.org/api/os.html#os_os_homedir) method is used.

**Example**  
```js
var getHomePath = require('home-path')
```
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## getHomePath() ⏏
**Kind**: Exported function  
**Example**  
Mac OSX
```js
> getHomePath()
'/Users/Lloyd'
```

Ubuntu Linux
```js
> getHomePath()
'/home/lloyd'
```

Windows 8.1
```js
> getHomePath()
'C:\\Users\\Lloyd'
```

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