Variable: init-file-user

init-file-user is a variable defined in startup.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

Identity of user whose init file is or was read.

The value is nil if -q or --no-init-file was specified, meaning do not load any init file.

Otherwise, the value may be an empty string, meaning use the init file for the user who originally logged in, or it may be a string containing a user's name meaning use that person's init file.

In either of the latter cases, (concat "~" init-file-user "/") evaluates to the name of the directory where the init file was looked for.

Setting init-file-user does not prevent Emacs from loading site-start.el. The only way to do that is to use --no-site-file.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 20.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/startup.el.gz
(defvar init-file-user nil
  "Identity of user whose init file is or was read.
The value is nil if `-q' or `--no-init-file' was specified,
meaning do not load any init file.

Otherwise, the value may be an empty string, meaning
use the init file for the user who originally logged in,
or it may be a string containing a user's name meaning
use that person's init file.

In either of the latter cases, `(concat \"~\" init-file-user \"/\")'
evaluates to the name of the directory where the init file was
looked for.

Setting `init-file-user' does not prevent Emacs from loading
`site-start.el'.  The only way to do that is to use `--no-site-file'.")