From: Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2003-06-18T00:06:40+09:00
Subject: Re: File.expand_path with files beginnig with ~ (tilde) on Windoze

--- Chris Morris <chrismo@clabs.org> wrote:
> ts wrote:
> 
> > Can you try it without `/', i.e.
> >
> >       File.expand_path("~temp")
> >  
> >
> Ah, good point:
> 
>     C:\>irb
>     irb(main):001:0> File.expand_path("~temp")
>     => "~temp"

Remember that even under unix shells that support "~", "~temp" and
"~/temp" are 2 different things.



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