pymel.core.system.internalVar¶

internalVar(*args, **kwargs)¶

This command returns the values of internal variables. No modification of these variables is supported.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
userAppDir / uad		bool
	Return the user application directory.
userBitmapsDir / ubd		bool
	Return the user bitmaps prefs directory.
userHotkeyDir / uhk		bool
	Return the user hotkey directory.
userMarkingMenuDir / umm		bool
	Return the user marking menu directory.
userPrefDir / upd		bool
	Return the user preference directory.
userPresetsDir / ups		bool
	Return the user presets directory.
userScriptDir / usd		bool
	Return the user script directory.
userShelfDir / ush		bool
	Return the user shelves directory.
userTmpDir / utd		bool
	Return a temp directory. Will check for TMPDIR environment variable, otherwise will return the current directory.
userWorkspaceDir / uwd		bool
	Return the user workspace directory (also known as the projects directory). Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.internalVar

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

myScriptDir = pm.internalVar(userScriptDir=True)