The following conventions are used in the documentation to refer to directory paths:
$HOME
A Unix environment variable, that indicates the path to the user's home directory.
%APPDATA%
A Windows environment variable, that indicates the path to the user-specific Application Data folder. By default expands to:
"C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data" on pre-Vista Windows versions
"C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming" on Windows Vista and later.
%USERPROFILE%
A Windows environment variable, that indicates the path to the user-specific profile folder. By default expands to:
"C:\Documents and Settings\<username>" on pre-Vista Windows versions
"C:\Users\<username>" on Windows Vista and later.
<INSTALLDIR>
Indicates the default installation directory on Windows:
"C:\Program Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Tectia" on 32-bit Windows versions
"C:\Program Files (x86)\SSH Communications Security\SSH Tectia" on 64-bit Windows versions
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